“Fifth‑highest price in the nation is a sign that New York’s energy policy is not working,” said Zilvinas Silenas, president of the Empire Center. “Since 2019, New York has ranked among the top 10 ...

A new statewide poll released by the Empire Center this month gives Albany a clear, if unwelcome, message: New Yorkers will ...

Executive Summary New Yorkers are dissatisfied with New York’s litigation environment and broadly favor changes to the ...

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Long Island may be New York's strongest case that money matters in education — and also its strongest warning that, past a certain point, more money is not the answer. Long Island is widely regarded ...

School districts presenting budgets to voters on Tuesday, May 19, plan to spend an average of $37,033 per student, up 4.9 percent from the current school year, according to new state data. Following ...

In 2030, New York may begin a policy of forcing New York families to use electricity for home heating instead of fuels like heating oil, propane and natural gas. Homeowners whose furnaces fail in ...

Note: Index is based on a variety of government, economic, and societal measures. The higher the ranking, the more competitive the state.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME will have an especially dramatic impact in New York, home to the most highly unionized public sector in the country. This is a groundbreaking win ...

Individual public employee pay records for each year starting in 2008-09 can be found at the Empire Center’s transparency website, SeeThroughNY.net. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, the site ...

The tragic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in New York’s nursing homes has revived debate about how the industry operates, including how it handles the Medicaid and Medicare money that makes up the ...