Empire Center

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 princip...

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Episode 41: Pragmatic Power

Posted August 13, 202400:28:18

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Empire Center Executive Director Z sits down with Roger Caiazza, our newest Adjunct Fellow with an...

Episode 40: Massachusetts vs New York Education Policy

Posted July 30, 202400:34:57

In this episode of "Messages of Necessity," Tim Hoefer, Executive Director at the Empire Center, sits down with Roberta Schaefer, Adjunct Fellow, to...

Episode 39: Assemblywoman Woerner on Substantial Equivalency

Posted June 25, 202400:19:37

In this episode of "Messages of Necessity," Danyela Souza Egorov, the Project Director for Parent PowerEDNY, sits down with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner...

Episode 38: Empire Index Poll Results

Posted June 11, 202400:23:04

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Zilvinas Silenas, Executive Director at the Empire Center, has a conversation with Ken Girardin, the Empire...

Episode 37: Votes and Volts

Posted May 28, 202400:20:39

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Cam Macdonald, Adjunct Fellow at the Empire Center, and Ken Girardin, Research Director at the Empire...