“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 ...

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 ...

The city Police Department had the largest overtime payout among city agencies at $1.09 billion, which was 18 percent of its total payroll of $6 billion. The Police Department accounted for nearly one ...

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 ...

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York rose to $26,571 per pupil in 2020-21, according to the latest Census Bureau data—setting a new record high even as pupil performance was ...

A Washington Post analysis of homeschooling trends revealed that families in New York have flocked to home education at rates twice the national average, second only to Washington D.C. Across the ...