The company selected to manage an $11 billion Medicaid home-care program discussed the job in detail with top Health Department officials – and submitted a 46-page takeover plan – two weeks before state lawmakers a Read More
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For the fourth year in a row, has used the word “unsustainable” to describe her own . Give her credit for honesty — but not sound fiscal management. Over the four annual budgets on her watch, the state’s share of Medicaid costs has Read More
At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city's finances with a two-percentage-point hike in the city's income tax on people making over $1 mi Read More
Despite the robust growth of state revenues in recent years, many of New York's elected officials are pushing to further increase the tax burden on the state's residents and businesses. Read More
Zohran Mamdani's stunning election as mayor of New York City marks a watershed moment for the Empire State. As a self-described democratic socialist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani rode a wave Read More
New York State added just 1,008 new residents last year as its post-pandemic recovery ground to a near standstill, newly released Census Bureau estimates show. The population i Read More
Governor Hochul is hingeing a big chunk of her budget – and the state's health-care system – on a politically fraught gambit: asking the Trump administration to help cover immigrants. Read More
January 2026 Summary and Insights Electricity. In October 2025, average residential electricity price in New York was 26.95 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and ranked 8th highest in the U.S., exceeding the national Read More
For a third time the state Health Department has postponed releasing records related to a disputed $1 billion Medicaid contract, saying it needs another six weeks or more to locate and redact the materials in question. Read More
In the effort to improve transparency and accountability of New York’s education system, the Empire Center ha Read More
Ninety employees from New York’s school districts (outside New York City) received more than $300,000 during fiscal year 2025, according to , the Empire Center’s transparency website. The public educator pay data are based on salary informatio Read More
This fall, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law bills containing the state’s permission for three cities — Mount Vernon, Schenectady and White Plains — to test camera enforcement for school speed zones. Read More