Peter Warren

Empire Center director of research Peter Warren testifies on K-12 education. Read More

New York’s public schools lost almost 60,000 students — 2.38 percent of their total student population —in the past year alone Read More

The State of the State is the prelude to Hochul’s state budget reveal. It’s a budget that represents a generational opportunity. Read More

Hochul should “ring out the old” by appointing a subsidy board that will shelve the prevailing-wage expansion Read More

Recent contracts to fuel more than a third of New York City’s electricity grid will raise electricity bills for upstate ratepayers up to 9.9 percent. Read More

A bill passed this morning in the U.S. House of Representatives would lift the cap on state and local income tax (SALT) deductions from $10,000 to $80,000. Read More

This paper describes seven core objectives and offers specific policy recommendations toward their accomplishment. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, rather a good place to start work towards an Altered State with a growing economy, a more efficient public sector and new opportunities for an engaged and informed citizenry. Read More

The city spent $3.2 billion on retiree health care last year. But that’s just the tip of a $118 billion iceberg of debt it owes — more than any government except the state of California. Read More