What could a bear market mean for the next state budget?
Empire Center for Public Policy founder EJ McMahon explains how the financial securities industry funds the state budget.
Civil rights advocates push ‘Equality Amendment’
A campaign to protect abortion in New York is largely focused on adopting a broad, anti-discrimination amendment.
Meeting New York’s mental health demands
A new law is designed to expand scope of practice for thousands of health care professionals in New York.
Forging a future for New York’s small businesses
We look at what the state's small business development centers are doing to help employers around New York.
Adding consumer protections for toll payers
Assemblyman Tom Abinanti makes the case for legislation designed to help New Yorkers navigate the tolls by mail process.
The man behind New York’s defunct gun control law
Politico New York's Terry Golway introduces us to the author of a 1911 gun control statute recently struck down by SCOTUS.
Planning to end food insecurity in New York
Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg offers a four-year plan for New York to dramatically address food insecurity.
Health insurers propose rate hikes for 2023
This summer, state regulators will decide the fate of rate increases for individual and small group plans
Easing the transition from foster care to adulthood
Assemblymember Nathalia Fernandez makes the case for raising the age to receive foster care services
Rethinking the path to a high school diploma
State Education Department’s Jim Baldwin provides an update on the effort to expand pathways to graduation.
