“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 ...

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

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 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 ...

The largest revenue-raiser in the just-completed state budget, worth $2 billion over four years, is not a tax or a fee or even a legal settlement. It takes the form of semi-voluntary “grants” squeezed ...

Richard Ellenbogen was an early adopter of renewable and lower-emission combustion technology, deploying them at both his home and his business in Westchester County. Ellenbogen, a Cornell-trained ...

Computer chip manufacturer Micron has revealed that by the 2040s its Onondaga County factories are going to be sucking up enough electricity to power New Hampshire and Vermont combined. Put another ...

"Is there a Message of Necessity at the desk?" Messages of Necessity, the Empire Center's biweekly podcast, introduces New Yorkers—and the wider listening audience—to the people working to make the ...