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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Empire Center’s Energy Data Bulletin shows New York households paid the fifth‑highest residential electricity prices in the country in June 2026, trailing only Hawaii, California, ...

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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 ...

Newly retired 1 “full career” 2 members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) collected an average of $103,859, according to new data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s ...

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 ...