Six-figure NYSLRS pensions quadruple in ten years
The number of New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) retirees eligible for six-figure pensions quadrupled over the last seven years. Read More
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Press Releases
Testimony: Build Public Renewables Act Undermines an Effective Market
- July 28, 2022
The Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA) threatens to do far more harm than good to New York’s energy landscape Read More
CLCPA Renewable Energy Targets can be met only at Great Cost, Report Shows
- July 27, 2022
New York can increase its use of renewable energy and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, but it cannot do so cheaply or safely. Read More
Statement: Independent Pandemic Research Commission is Needed
- July 20, 2022
Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she is issuing an RFP for a review of the state's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic Read More
Empire Center Adds Three Policy Fellows
- July 15, 2022
The Empire Center is expanding its research operations with the addition of three research fellows. Read More
Commentary
State senators to get a harsh reality check as their own workers unionize
- August 9, 2022
Labor leaders were giddy when a group of state Senate employees last month announced their intent to unionize. Read More
Bear market spells big trouble for NY state and city budgets
- June 21, 2022
Wall Street generates an outsized share of New York’s tax revenue, so the recent drop in stock prices should worry both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams. Read More
Upstate New York will foot the bill for downstate’s clean energy costs
- June 16, 2022
How should we pay for cleaning up downstate New York’s energy supply, and who should foot the bill? Read More
Albany’s latest gift to the teachers union will shackle NYC schools — and their budgets
- June 13, 2022
The Legislature last week put a new spin on the debate over “mayoral control” of New York City’s schools by shackling the Big Apple with a costly class-size mandate. Read More
What constitutes price gouging? It’s complicated
- May 23, 2022
Chazy Hardware had only one electric generator in stock when a 1998 ice storm left much of northern New York state without power for days. The store's owners found more in Vermont and resold them for a premium to cover its extra costs, little knowing Read More
Testimony
Submitted Testimony: “The Role of State Authorities in Renewable Energy Development”
- July 28, 2022
The Build Public Renewables Act will expand the New York Power Authority and bind it to an agenda that undermines an effective market. Read More
Bill Hammond: Testimony to the Senate Aging Committee
- May 3, 2022
Presented to the Senate Aging Committee May 3, 2022 Read More
James Hanley: Written Testimony to the Climate Action Council
- April 14, 2022
James Hanley addresses the costs and benefits of the CLCPA, and the growing risk to resource reliability on the New York electrical grid. Read More
Peter Warren: Written Testimony to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees
- February 16, 2022
Presented to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees February 16, 2022 Governor Hochul’s budget plan is buoyed by a revenue surge attributable Read More
Bill Hammond: Written Testimony to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees
- February 7, 2022
Presented to the J Read More
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