The property tax cap has an extraordinary record of restraining tax hikes without unduly straining education budgets. Read More
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Laws in a civil society must apply to everyone equally — even bad laws, like New York's vague and over-broad lobbying law. Read More
Many New Yorkers have recently suffered sticker shock from high energy prices. Utility bills have increased up to 25 percent. Read More
New York owes $9.3 billion to the U.S. Treasury for pandemic-related debt that, if left unpaid, will inflict harm on resident businesses for years to come Read More
While the power from these new projects will go directly into the City, all New York utility users will help pay for them through their utilities’ purchases of renewable energy credits. 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
New York's pandemic recovery has trailed far behind average payroll job growth in 48 of the 49 other states since early 2020, according to latest employment statistics. As detailed below, while New York City was hardest hit by the Covid-19 outbrea Read More
The health-care agenda laid out by Governor Hochul in her budget proposal this week leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Here are a few of them. Read More