Testimony

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

Governor Hochul’s budget proposal is surprisingly quiet about New York’s most far-reaching and expensive public policy, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Read More

Empire Center director of research Peter Warren testifies on K-12 education. Read More

The past decade saw significant change in Medicaid, so the time is ripe for rethinking and course correction. Read More

The past year has taught a painful lesson about the importance of public health defenses, not just in terms of preventing sickness and death, but also preserving our economy and way of life. Read More

In economic terms, the coronavirus pandemic has been the most disruptive event to hit New York and the nation since the Great Depression in the early 1930s.  While New Yorkers hope to resume to some semblance of normal life by summer, the fiscal hangover for the state and its local governments will linger for years.  Read More