Category: Media Coverage
At least the state isn't planning to sell a prison to itself. In 1991, New York "sold" Attica prison to the Urban Development Corp. for $200 million to help balance the budget. The move, which saddled taxpayers with about $490 million in long-t Read More
Gov. Paterson yesterday claimed President Obama's crackdown on Wall Street pay could cost the state $1 billion. But experts questioned the figure and the governor's own Budget Division later admitted it could not back up the claim. Paterson sai Read More
More New Yorkers are putting on their vagabond shoes, longing to stray - away from New York. A report by the Empire Center for Public Policy is spreading the news that New Yorkers, led by city residents, represent the biggest out-of-state migratio Read More
A new report by the Empire Center for Public Policy shows that, between 2000 and 2008 New York suffered the largest loss of residents to other states of any state in the nation.The report found that a majority of the people who left the state resided Read More
New York has had more residents move out than any other state in the nation, according to a new report on migration trends since the turn of the century. The Empire Center for Public Policy report used information from the U.S. Census Bureau and t Read More
All the taxes and fees could be chasing New Yorkers right out of the state. A new report by the Empire Center for Public Policy found about 8% of the state's population moved out between 2000 and 2008. Florida was the top destination, followed Read More
New York has had more residents move out than any other state in the nation, according to a new report issued Oct. 27. The report, by the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy, found that New York has had a net loss of 1.54 million resident Read More