“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 ...

New Yorkers are dissatisfied with New York’s litigation environment and broadly favor changes to the state’s liability laws. Voters overwhelmingly support reforms that align legal outcomes more ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Empire Center’s Energy Data Bulletin shows New York households paid the third-highest residential electricity prices in the country in May 2026, trailing only Hawaii and California. The ...

As voters across New York head to the polls to decide their local school budgets, the big question – why New York schools deliver poor results despite spending the most in the nation – is barely on ...

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 ...

104 employees made over $500k in 2025 total annual pay. 2,450 employees were paid more than Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $250,000 salary. The State Police had the highest average pay at $128,893. 102 employees ...

On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul finally started tiptoeing toward reality on New York’s climate law. In a lengthy opinion column, she laid out her proposal to postpone by a decade the state’s stringent ...

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 ...

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 increase of just one-half ...

New York households pay some of the highest electricity prices in the nation, raising affordability concerns, according to the Empire Center’s and the U.S. Energy Information Administration data.