The president of the Empire Center for Public Policy, E. J. McMahon said, "Sometime in the next few years the thruway will be raising tolls. In all likelihood that is pretty clear by looking at their finances." Read More
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The failing grades given local government websites by the Empire Center for Public Policy shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s tried to use them. Read More
E.J. McMahon with the Empire Center for New York Policy told WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane that the Thruway Authority might have to hike tolls 44 percent systemwide in four years or look at a nearly $16 toll on the new Tappan Zee. Read More
Thruway Authority budget deficit could mean toll hikes on Tappan Zee Bridge Read More
F. F, F, F, F, F, F and F. Those are grades you certainly wouldn’t want to bring home to your parents. Read More
According to Chris Ward, the former executive director of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, transportation planners searching for ways to plug multi-billion dollar holes in their capital plans need to think about cell phones. Read More
On John Gambling's radio show this morning, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos reiterated his warning that President Obama's executive order on immigration could cost the state as much as $2 billion. “Our estimates are conservative,” Skelos said. But Skelos' numbers, which he has used to warn of potential cuts to other programs, appear to present a worst-case scenario for the state budget from the president's order, which could add thousands of previously undocumented immigrants to the state's Medicaid rolls. Read More
New York State is increasingly driving away one of the most powerful economic assets to come along in generations — Baby Boomers in their retirement years. Read More