Category: Testimony

Testimony of Edmund J. McMahon Before the NY State Senate Civil Service and Pension Committee October 11, 2023 (Text as prepared and submitted) Work Read More

Comments by Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Empire Center for Public Policy To the Department of Financial Read More

New York’s state-share Medicaid spending – which was already the highest in the nation on a per capita basis[1] – has surged by $8 billion or 20 percent in just three years. Read More

Testimony of Edmund J. McMahon  Founding Senior Fellow, Empire Center for Public Policy Read More

The school aid appropriation sought in the Executive Budget proposal — $34.4 billion in school year 2023-24 — would propel state spending for the public elementary and secondary education system to a level that is unprecedented in multiple respects.  Read More

Testimony of James E. Hanley, presented to the Senate Committees on Finance, Environmental Conservation, and Energy and Telecommunications. Read More

Testimony of Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Empire Center for Public Policy Presented Before the Assembly Aging Committee December 12, 2022 Read More

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