The Hochul administration has requested federal approval for a multibillion-dollar "MCO tax" on health plans without announcing the move or providing details to the public. As Read More
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Albany, NY — The Empire Center for Public Policy and New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation (NYFRF) have at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) connected to confidential c Read More
The state Health Department released a flurry of 20 COVID-related data sets this week, taking its biggest step yet toward full transparency about the state's pandemic response. Read More
Despite Governor Hochul's promise of transparency, the Health Department keeps responding to requests for COVID data with tactics from the Cuomo administration Read More
Over the 10 days that Hochul has been in office, there has been no further progress on the Empire Center's record requests. Read More
The quest for comprehensive data on New York's coronavirus pandemic hit a bureaucratic roadblock this week Read More
In another blow to transparency in Albany, a non-profit group closely tied to the state Health Department is refusing to publicly disclose its payroll records under the Freedom of Information Law. (HRI) has Read More
Even as Governor Cuomo touted vaccine approvals by a state-appointed panel of experts, his office was withholding the group's detailed findings from public view. The governor's Read More