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    In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond unpacks his latest report, Medicaid Overdose: The Excessive Growth of State-Sponsored Health Coverage in New York. Bill explores Read More

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond is joined by Cam Macdonald, the Center’s General Counsel, to dissect Governor Hochul's recently proposed “MCO tax” and the implications it may Read More

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond joins Kyle Davis, Director of Public Affairs, to unpack Governor Hochul’s recent overhaul of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDP Read More

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond joins Kyle Davis, Director of Public Affairs, to discuss former Governor Cuomo’s recent Capitol Hill testimony. They explore the Empire Center’s Read More

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Adjunct Fellow Cam Macdonald sits down with Al Karam, former Director of Transportation at Shenendehowa, to explore the challenges and potential pitfalls of implementing electric school buses as Read More

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Executive Director Z sits down with Roger Caiazza, our newest Adjunct Fellow with an extensive background in energy policy. Together, they discuss Roger's views on the Climate Leadership and Com Read More

In this episode of "Messages of Necessity," Tim Hoefer, President & CEO at the Empire Center, sits down with Roberta Schaefer, Adjunct Fellow, to discuss her report, "Better Results with Lower Spending: Public Education in Massachusetts and New Y Read More

In this episode of "Messages of Necessity," Danyela Souza Egorov, the Project Director for Parent PowerEDNY, sits down with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner to discuss a bill she is sponsoring that would help homeschool students receive substantial equiv Read More