The U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 ended New York’s decades-long practice of forcing state and local government employees to pay a labor union as a condition of employment. Read More
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In a move that ought to raise eyebrows in Washington, the Hochul administration is requesting additional federal money for New York's Essential Plan, which is already sitting on more than $9 billion after years of running a multi-billion-dollar surpl Read More
As the old Marx Brothers joke goes, “Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” Doreen Harris, president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, that she was setting the record straight, and that Read More
Governor Hochul is releasing the brakes on Medicaid, allowing state spending on the safety-net health plan to increase more than twice as fast as it typically did during the Cuomo administration. Read More
Led by a massive decline in New York City, enrollment in New York’s public schools continued falling last year and has sunk to its lowest level since the mid-1950s. Read More
A arctic blast hit the Northeast last weekend. The weather system sent temperatures plunging across the region, including in New York and Quebec, with a resulting increase in dema Read More
A pair of Senate Republicans are arguing, on procedural grounds, against Governor Hochul’s plan to allow more charter schools. Read More
As another Arctic blast hits the Northeast and temperatures plunge, more energy is needed to keep New Yorkers warm. Where is that energy coming from? Read More
Over budget, over time, over and over – that’s the Megaprojects are transformational, multi-billion-dollar, multi-year projects i Read More
The unveiled today by Governor Hochul would stay on the course she set last year — raising spending to unsustainable levels, pointing towards deep holes for the future. Adjusting for surplus-funded debt service prepayments (which distort the bo Read More
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has unveiled a new proposal for constitutionally curbing the state’s seemingly uncontrollable appetite for borrowing. Read More
The Scoping Plan makes the following recommendations to guide CLCPA implementation. Read More