Tag: Governor Hochul

In response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State address and policy book, Empire Center experts issued the following reactions. Read More

At a panel event in Albany being hosted by the tomorrow morning, The Empire Center’s EJ McMahon and other budget experts and observers will discuss the timely topic of state budget process reform. Read More

A bill awaiting Governor Hochul’s signature or veto would make it more difficult for state agencies to outsource work. Read More

New York legislators yesterday voted to raise their salary to $142,000 in a lame-duck special session. Read More

The Empire Center for Public Policy has released a policy guide and briefing book focused on the most important issues confronting New York. Read More

After remaining for months on the fate of the proposed two-year moratorium on crypto-mining, Governor Kathy Hochul has now the bill into law, as her admi Read More

The Hochul Administration has finally released an overdue budget report—which, on first look, shows the state's fiscal outlook virtually unchanged.  Read More

Although Governor Hochul's long-promised review of New York's COVID response hasn't formally started yet, it has already exposed important information about the state's pandemic preparedness – much of which is unflattering. Read More