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NY’s road to electric school buses gets bumpy
Commentary, New York
KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
February 4, 2025
New York in 2022 told school districts they’d be barred from purchasing gasoline- or diesel-powered buses after 2027, and instead have to buy electric...
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New York’s public employee shortage is over
Commentary, New York
KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
December 19, 2024
ALBANY — Public employee unions complained loudly when New York’s state government workforce shrank during the coronavirus pandemic, using that decrea...
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Learning nothing, NY is back in school
Commentary, New York
KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
September 9, 2024
The start of a new school year finds New York’s public education system in a well-funded state of confusion and contradiction: flush with cash amid fa...
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Migrants, Medicaid and more: NY’s widening budget gap
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
August 18, 2023
ALBANY — The multi-billion-dollar gap Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature must confront in next year’s state budget appears to be growing larger. Th...
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