New York school districts face a multi-billion dollar unfunded mandate to convert to electric school buses. While the transition will cost between $8 and $15 billion above the cost of buying traditional buses, less than $1 billion in state and federal aid is likely to be available to help schools cover the cost. Read More
Nursing homes that are struggling – and mostly failing – to comply with the state's two-year-old minimum staffing law would face even stiffer hiring challenges under newly proposed federal standards. Read More
Class is in session across the state, and things are messy (especially in New York City). Read More
The myth that New York can replace fossil fuel power plants with cheap renewable energy has begun to crumble under renewable developers’ demands for higher prices to offset inflation and supply chain challenges. Read More
When the Department of Financial Services made its annual announcement about health insurance price increases last week, it neglected to mention one thing: how much the prices were increasing. Read More
Within 25 years New York will find itself trying to manage the disposal of five million or more waste solar panels every year. Read More
The day after New York recorded its first positive coronavirus test, on March 2, 2020, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo said something that should go down in the annals of misplaced hubris: Read More
In the mid-summer run-up to New York's third Labor Day since the economy-crushing pandemic shutdown of 2020, the state's private employment recovery remained among the weakest in the nation. Read More
New York taxpayers will be hit with a higher bill for state and local employee pensions starting in 2025, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli . The pension cost hikes should come as no surprise, following . With assets of about $250 billion, the Fun Read More
New York’s first wave began weeks earlier than recognized at the time, and its infection rate likely peaked in mid-March. Read More
A major deception on emissions reductions lies at the heart of the New York Department of Public Service’s first annual report on implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Read More
The influx of foreign migrants to New York could cost the state $4.5 billion more than expected next year, Governor Hochul today warned. Read More