In 2024, the New York state Legislature decided the state needed some money — $75 billion, to be exact — for “comprehensive adaptation to the effects of in New York state.” The Legislature thought it had f Read More
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Greater Long Island’s recent into the rise of homeschooling sparked quite a debate. Hundreds of readers on Facebook, weighing in on everything from academics and socialization to parental rights, teacher qualificatio Read More
Executive Summary The desire to leave New York is strong and cuts across every demographic group measured in the survey. One-third of New Yorkers have considered leaving the state within the next five years, while another third know Read More
New York’s schools are spending more than ever, but student performance keeps falling. Unsurprisingly, Empire Center’s latest opinion poll shows with how education is run. They want better results, less spending, and more choice — somethi Read More
Editor's note: Roger Caiazza is an adjunct fellow at the Empire Center. He has a long and deep private industry background in environmental regulatory analysis and compliance. His frequently updated personal blog on New Read More
New Yorkers and their employers paid the highest health premiums in the lower 48 states in 2025, and their costs moved further above the U.S. average, according to recently released federal data. Read More
Enforcement by the New York's Office of Medicaid Inspector General has dropped in recent years across a range of benchmarks – a sign that the state's anti-fraud efforts have slackened even as its Medicaid spending so Read More
Long Island may be New York's strongest case that money matters in education — and also its strongest warning that, past a certain point, more money is not the answer. Long Island is widely regarded as one of New York's better education regions, Read More
Executive Summary New York voters prioritize affordable energy and show limited support for energy and climate policies that could increase costs. The survey finds broad opposition to home-heating electrification and climate-related lawsuit Read More
Attorney General Letitia James' latest fight with the Trump administration focuses on New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a federally funded agency housed in James' office. Read More
The state financial plan published on June 10 disclosed key information about healthcare revenue and spending that lawmakers had not made public when approving the annual budget two weeks before. Read More
The Trump administration's latest salvo against Medicaid fraud takes aim at a different kind of target – two high-ranking New York officials along with a major state contractor. Read More