Research

School budget votes proposing an average increase in per pupil spending of 4.2 percent were overwhelmingly approved in state-wide voting held yesterday. Read More

New York's spending on public elementary and secondary education reached $25,139 per pupil during the 2018-19 school year, once again surpassing all states in . The Empire State's public schools spent 91 percent more than the nati Read More

Today was the (rescheduled) deadline for filing 2020 federal income tax returns, which makes this New York's third annual SALT-Free Income Tax Day. By midnight tonight, most Empire State residents will have been remind Read More

As New York and the Nation emerge from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic and look to the future, many property owners are deciding whether and where to relocate their business or place of residence. Read More

Voters will cast ballots next Tuesday, May 18 on proposed budgets for school districts across New York State. New York State’s highest in the nation average per-pupil expenditure would rise to $28,658 per pupil, an increase of $1,145 per student, or 4.2 percent. Read More

The net outflow of New Yorkers to other states reached its highest point in 14 years during the 12-month period ending in mid-2020. Read More

New York's hospitals remain near the bottom of two quality report cards. The state's hospitals received the lowest rate of any state except Nevada and DC. Read More

Some New York nursing homes are likely to scale back their use of higher-trained personnel if proposed minimum staffing ratios become law, according to a review of existing employment patterns. Read More

Lawmakers in Albany are again advancing the New York Health Act, which would abolish private health insurance and herd all New Yorkers into a state-run “single payer” plan financed with massive tax hikes. Instead of building on recent progress Read More

Lawmakers in Albany are again advancing the New York Health Act, which would abolish private health insurance Read More

The official 2020 U.S. Census of NY's population—topping 20 million for the first time—is significantly larger than previous estimates. Read More

New York has been trailing most states in the race to recover from the economically devastating coronavirus pandemic, recent employment data have shown. Read More