The “land of the brave and home of the free” applies to the majority of the United States except for the Empire State, which has been named the “least free state,” according to a new study.
The report, conducted by the Cato Institute, showed that New York ranked last place among the 50 states for 2022 policies that impacted economic, social, and personal freedoms.
New York ranked 50th for economic freedom and scored at or near the bottom for debt and state and local taxation, government consumption, land use and labor policy.