Results are in for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s report card. They paint a bleak picture for New York. Read More
Tag: Covid-19
Over the past three years, the Empire State's recovery has been steady but slow, moving payrolls back to within three percentage points of the 2019 pre-pandemic level Read More
Ho hum. Another month, another “emergency” in Kathy Hochul’s New York. Read More
Last week, Governor Hochul extended one of her two pandemic-related emergency orders into its ninth month – an action so routine and non-urgent that her office issued no press release. Five days later, an expose in the Times Union showed why casually overusing emergency powers can be a bad idea. Read More
American schools are dealing with an unprecedented mental health crisis spurred, at least in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closures Read More
The tragic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in New York’s nursing homes has revived debate about how the industry operates. Read More
Presented to the Senate Aging Committee May 3, 2022 Read More
The Arbeeny family and the Empire Center are celebrating a year of partnership in remembrance of Norman Arbeeny, who passed away two years ago today after contracting COVID-19 in a Brooklyn nursing home. Read More