A health-care commission that is supposed to be helping the state control soaring Medicaid costs – which Governor Hochul promised in January and described as "under way" last month – appears not to exist. Read More
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New York's Medicaid program ran billions of dollars over budget during the first half of the fiscal year, adding to signs of a brewing fiscal crisis in Albany. According to the Read More
New York's per capita Medicaid costs have remained the highest among the 50 states even as nationwide spending on the program surged during the pandemic. New York's version of Read More
Governor Hochul’s administration this week urged agency heads to keep their budgets flat next year. It's the most serious acknowledgement yet of state government’s looming financial shortfall. Read More
The state's Medicaid spending is becoming increasingly volatile from month Read More
The 2022-23 school year and legislative session have come to a close—what happened? The following summary outlines key legislative changes affecting education in New York. New York ranks #1 in spendi Read More
When Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers approved New York’s latest budget, they pushed spending to its highest level in history. New data about the state’s financial picture show they didn’t think enough about the future. A new budget Read More
New York’s outyear budget gaps, the shortfall between planned state expenses and state tax receipts over the next three years, has exploded to more than $36 billion, just-released documents show. Read More