The Empire Center for New York State Policy, a project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, is dedicated to promoting freedom, opportunity and enterprise in the Empire State. Through research papers, policy briefings, commentaries and conferences, the Empire Center seeks to educate and inform New York State policymakers, news media and the general public.
Since its inception in January 2005, the Empire Center's areas of focus have included the economy, taxes and spending, public employment issues including pension reform and the impact of the Taylor Law, energy policy, health care and education. The Center's offices are at 100 State Street in Albany, just two blocks from the state Capitol.
The Manhattan Institute was founded in 1978 to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility. Gaining a reputation for "turning intellect into influence," the Institute has supported and publicized research on a wide range of public policy issues, including taxes, welfare, crime, the legal system, urban life, race, education, and many other topics.
STAFF:
.png) Tim Hoefer, director
Tim Hoefer is the director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy. He joined the Center in March of 2008, having previously served as the Center's director of operations and communications manager. Hoefer's work focuses on transparency, government reform and accountability ...
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Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow
Edmund J. McMahon is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and its Empire Center for New York State Policy. McMahon joined the Manhattan Institute in 2000, and founded the Institute’s Empire Center in 2005. His research focuses on improving New York’s economic competitiveness by ...
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Missy Millett, office manager
Missy Millett is office manager of the Empire Center, overseeing event planning and administrative support for the Center's Albany-based activities. Before joining the Empire Center in 2008, Ms. Millett spent more than 30 years at The Business Council of New York State as the administrative assistant for that organization's ...
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Michael H. Wright, senior research analyst
Michael Wright is a senior research analyst at the Empire Center for New York State Policy. He joined the Center in February 2013. Previously, Wright worked as legal and legislative counsel to a Massachusetts State Senator and to the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Economic ...
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