Events

Join us Friday at 11am for our next ThinkNY webinar. This month, we'll dive into the Taylor Law, New York's public-sector collective bargaining law. The Taylor Law plays a huge role in how state agencies, local governments and school districts o Read More

Join us for a webinar on Empire Center's latest report, "" Report author Ken Girardin examines the implementation of New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the sweeping 2019 law that allows state agencies to regulate nearly ev Read More

Medicaid is a taxpayer-funded safety-net health plan that covers a third of the state's population, and it's one of the costliest and fastest-growing programs in the state budget. This webinar will give an overview of what Medicaid does, why it's Read More

For this monthly installment, E.J. McMahon provides insight into the NYS budget process and how we should expect the following months to unfold. ThinkNY serves as a platform for everyday New Yorkers and key decision-makers to come together for tho Read More

Hear from experts about important trends and key policies affecting our towns, cities, villages and counties. Read More

The Empire Center will host an event to discuss The Next New York: Renewing and Reforming the Empire State, a compendium of 11 research papers by New York policy experts, offering a total of 63 reform priorities for New York. Read More

The Empire Center for Public Policy will host an exclusive event in Buffalo, NY to help raise awareness about the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The 2019 law — one of the most consequential in recent state hist Read More

The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) lays out an ambitious slate of policy goals to promote clean energy and fight climate change. But can the state meet its energy needs under the new law and what will be the cost to New Yorke Read More