Empire Center

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.

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...

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. ...