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Empire Center Breaks Down Albany's Pork Barrel Spending
April 07, 2026
ALBANY, New York, April 7 -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release on April 6, 2026:

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Empire Center Breaks Down Albany's Pork Barrel Spending

Albany legislators steered over $83 million in grants to 293 local projects between April and December 2025 , according to data the Empire Center recently received under a Freedom of Information Law request.

The governor and state legislators hand-picked the g . . .

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