Why have state leaders reversed on access to cancer care?
2026 started off with some whiplash for me and much of the cancer community here in New York. Rewinding to...
The Business Council of New York State Launches CLCPA Cost Calculator
Businesses and Consumers Can Estimate Future Energy & Gasoline Bill Increases Under the CLCPA ALBANY – The Business Council of...
New York Must Finish the Job on Disability Services—Starting with a 4% Inflationary Increase
With just days remaining before New York’s April 1 budget deadline, state leaders face a clear choice. They can build...
Legality is not Accessibility: Close the Gap in Abortion Training
New York State has 4.4 million people of reproductive age protected by state law guaranteeing the absolute right to abortion...
Digital Shelf Labels Are About Accuracy — Not Surveillance
As New York lawmakers consider legislation (S.8616/A.9396), which would restrict digital shelf labels (DSLs) in grocery stores, it’s worth clarifying...
TRUCKING INDUSTRY CONVERGES ON ALBANY TO DEMAND RELIEF FROM AUTO INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
→ TANY Memo to Lawmakers ALBANY – Ahead of Tuesday’s Lobby Day in Albany, the Trucking Association of New York...
IPPNY’s 40th Annual Clean Energy Spring Conference Set for March 24
As New Yorkers Face Rising Electric Bills, Energy Leaders Convene in Albany to Examine What’s Driving Costs and What Policymakers...
New York Must Lead on Drone Security
At 1:00 a.m. on a recent Saturday, a small drone dropped a package in the yard of Marcy Correctional Facility in...
Mamdani built his campaign on trust — now he’s squandering it with a 24/7 school-zone speed trap
Last year, when Zohran Mamdani was running for mayor, he said something that really stuck with me. “If you want...
Blakeman’s ICE Policy Provides ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’
While President Trump promised us that his approach to immigration would rid us of the “worst of the worst” undocumented...
On World Tuberculosis Day, a Reminder: TB Isn’t Gone
On World Tuberculosis Day, we are reminded that tuberculosis is not a disease of the past. In New York, and...
Climate Action and Affordability Can and Must Go Hand-In-Hand
All New Yorkers should be immensely proud that their home state is a national leader for clean energy and climate...
Stable Housing is a Matter of Life or Death for All New Yorkers with HIV
Housing is key to ending the HIV epidemic. Yet as many as 2,800 extremely low-income New Yorkers living with HIV...
How New York State Can Support Hospice
With the state budget due at the end of the month, federal funding cuts to health insurance and SNAP benefits,...
NYSID Appoints Leading New York Business Executives to Corporate Partner Advisory Board
ALBANY, NY — NYSID (New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc.) has appointed five prominent New York State business...
The 340B Program Must Be Transparent. Patients Deserve to Know Where the Money Is Going.
Healthcare programs designed to serve vulnerable communities must meet a simple standard: they should clearly benefit the patients they...
Public Health Champions Unite to Applaud Senate and Urge Assembly and Governor Hochul to Reject the Rollback, Preserve Medicaid Access to Biomarker Testing
Patient advocates say proposed changes to biomarker testing coverage criteria in Assembly and Executive budgets could limit access to lifesaving...
New Reports Show That NYC Hospitals’ “Community Benefit” Spending Vastly Exceeds Their Tax Savings
MYTH New York City Hospitals Don’t Meet Their Tax-Exempt Obligations FACT NYC Hospitals’ “Community Benefit” Spending Vastly Exceeds Their Tax...
Encourage Innovation and Investment in New York: Don’t Decouple
New York stands at a critical crossroads for its economic future. Innovation is the lifeblood of economic growth, and New...
Protecting New Yorkers’ Ability to Age at Home
New York is undergoing a historic demographic shift. Today, one in five New Yorkers is age 65 or older—the highest...
