https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmhFZr5ftxs FULL WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the Foundation Aid Formula. As a parent of New York City schoolchildren, the Vice Pres Read More
Testimony
Empire Center founding senior fellow E.J. McMahon showed the New York City Charter Revision Commission how the charter can be improved to better protect the public fisc. Read More
Testimony of Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Empire Center for Public Policy Before the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees January 23, 2024 Read More
Testimony of Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Empire Center for Public Policy Before the Committees on Health, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Higher Education, and Labo Read More
Comments by Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Empire Center for Public Policy To the Department of Financial Read More
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
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