For a third consecutive year, Governor Andrew Cuomo is late in issuing a mid-year update to New York State’s financial plan. Read More
Tag: Transparency
Tim Hoefer, the executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, appeared on Capital Tonight to talk about Sunshine Week. Read More
E.J. McMahon talks to "Live from the State Capitol" host Fred Dicker about the Empire Center's Sunshine Week efforts and debunks Gov. Andrew Cuomo's property "tax freeze" plan. Read More
Over at SeeThroughNY, our team works really hard to post fresh data quickly and accurately — when it’s available, that is. Read More
For national Sunshine Week, the Empire Center for Public Policy did its part to help make New York a brighter place. Every day a new effort was highlighted. Read More
New York’s State Senate spent almost $45 million during the six-month period ending last September, according to the latest data available at SeeThroughNY, where the Empire Center for Public Policy maintains public records dating back to 2007. Read More
In a landmark case brought by the Empire Center with the support of major news media and good government watchdog organizations, the public’s right to know the identities of public pension recipients in New York will be at stake in arguments heard next week by the state’s highest court. Read More
How to shine a light on how our taxdollars are spent. Read More