Albany, NY — An Albany mandate requiring 100 percent of new passenger car and truck sales be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 could be as improbable as it is harmful for middle- and low-income New Yorkers, a new Empire Center Read More
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New York’s legislative employees are not eligible to unionize under the state’s sweeping public-sector collective bargaining law. Read More
After State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett announced her departure, Empire Center's Bill Hammond issued the following statement. Read More
New York’s Medicaid program spends roughly $12 billion per year on in-home “personal care” for the elderly and disabled. Read More
Federal and state assistance would pay for only about 10 percent of the state’s total effort to electrify its entire school bus fleet, according to a new Empire Center research paper. Read More
After petitioning for the release of ELA and math exam data for students in grades 3-8, the Empire Center has published the results. Read More
The New York State Education Department missed a Freedom of Information Law deadline to disclose statewide test results. Read More
The New York State Attorney General’s office is being asked to hand over the details behind its apparent leak of a national non-profit’s sensitive financial documents Read More