Empire Center

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The Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, New York. Our mission: Make New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy reforms grounded in free-market principles, personal responsibility, and the ideals of effective and accountable government. Here you can listen to podcast versions of our public events we host on pertinent topics surrounding New York State politics.

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EVENT: Lights Out? Meeting New York’s Energy Needs Under CLCPA 24.06.2022 23:57

The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) lays out an ambitious slate of policy goals to promote clean energy and fight climate change. But can the state meet its energy needs under the new law and what will be the cost to New Yorkers? The first panel discussion from Empire Center's energy event focuses on how New York can meet its energy needs under the CLCPA.

EVENT: NY’s COVID-19 Nursing Home Toll: Did State Policy Make it Worse? 13.07.2020

Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon talks with Bill Hammond about New York’s nursing home polices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Background reading: State Department of Health report, “Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis,” issued July 6 Cuomo Admin Ducks Important Questions on Nursing Homes , blog post by Bill Hamm...

What’s next for Wall Street 20.10.2008

With the city comptroller’s office now projecting a loss of 35,000 jobs in New York-based investment banking and other financial services occupations, what’s the next thing that will drive profits and employment in a Wall Street recovery? In a recent Bloomberg Radio “On the Economy” podcast , private investor David Goldman gave this answer: There isn’t any next thing. This is the end of a cycle. ...