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
Presented to the Senate Aging Committee May 3, 2022 Read More
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
Presented to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees February 16, 2022 Governor Hochul’s budget plan is buoyed by a revenue surge attributable Read More
Presented to the J Read More