Empire Center for Public Policy

Over the New Year’s holiday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York’s health care providers will see a 1% drop in the reimbursements they receive for…

A policy seminar titled Medicaid Migraine, held Wednesday by the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center as part of the Gov. Hugh L. Carey Policy Forum,…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s economic development programs have been the subject of two federal corruption trials that ended with convictions for two of Cuomo’s…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to impose a tax on manufacturers of prescription opioids to help pay for state programs that assist people who are addicted to…

A case that was heard Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court and will be decided later this year could have a big impact on public worker unions in New…

A ceremony to award economic development grants to regions of the state was overshadowed by developments on the federal tax overhaul plan in Washington,…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is slamming the tax overhaul plan passed Thursday by the House of Representatives, saying it will be “poison” to New York.Businesses,…

Two reports issued in recent days indicate that Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be facing his most difficult budget in seven years.The midyear financial report by…

The latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is now dead in Congress, but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains worried about…

A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state’s century-old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers…