For the fourth time in six years, the president of New York's largest health-care union, George Gresham of 1199SEIU, has won the top spot on the "Labor Power 100" list from Cit Read More
Research
The authors of a report on New York's pandemic response are barred from discussing their findings with media under a provision of their contract with Governor Hochul's office, records obtained by the Empire Center conf Read More
Well-founded or not, a majority of New Yorkers who voted in 2021 had misgivings on the merits of no-excuse absentee voting. They rejected the same scheme the Early Mail Voting Law now imposes. They voted to maintain the status quo of the prior 55 years and their will should prevail because the Early Mail Voting Act is unconstitutional as a matter of legal interpretation and the history and tradition in New York's Constitution. Read More
New Yorkers will to vote this November on Ballot Proposal 1—a proposition to amend equal protection clause of the state Constitution. If approved by the voters in November, Prop One’s changes to the state’s equal protection laws could throw New York civil rights into turmoil. Read More
New York's per capita Medicaid spending jumped 14 percent in 2023, moving it further ahead of the rest of the country, recently released nationwide data show. In the federal fiscal year that ended last September, New York spent $94.6 billion Read More
A new report from New York’s electric grid operator highlights the uncertainty around the state’s plan to power most of the economy using wind turbines and solar panels. Read More
just announced that the state will hold a “Future Energy Economy Summit” next month, at which “global experts [will] discuss the role of next generation clean energy technologies and strategies to accelerate renewa Read More
Setting high educational performance standards linked to content-rich curriculum and tying teacher preparation and professional development to those standards are the keys to boosting achievement levels for all public-schoo Read More
The spectacular breakup of a wind turbine off the coast of New England is highlighting a huge risk embedded in New York State’s strategy for achieving its green energy “Net Zero” targets. Read More
Editor's note: This post is the first adapted for the Empire Center by its new adjunct fellow, Roger Caiazza, who has a long and deep private industry background in environmental regulatory analysis and compliance. His frequently Read More
[Editor's note: This post was corrected after it came to light that records supplied by the Health Department gave wrong addresses for 44 grant recipients. The statistics and tables below were updated on July 18.] Read More
In a new subsidy for the health-care union 1199 SEIU, the Hochul administration is allowing the union's benefit fund for home care aides to shift some members into taxpayer-funded health coverage through the Essential Read More