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...

Listen to latest episode

Recent Episodes

Messages of Necessity - Episode 26

Posted December 19, 2023 • 00:20:58

In this podcast episode, Kyle Davis, Director of Public Affairs, and Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire Center, delve into...

Messages of Necessity – Episode 25

Posted December 5, 2023 • 00:11:53

In this podcast episode, Kyle Davis, Director of Public Affairs, engages in a conversation with Ken Girardin, Director of Research, to explore the borrowing...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 24

Posted November 21, 2023 • 00:23:40

In this episode of Messages of Necessity, Tim Hoefer, President and CEO of the Empire Center, takes the lead in a thought-provoking interview with Cam...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 23

Posted November 7, 2023 • 00:00:15

In this episode, Ken Girardin and Bill Hammond discuss a former Cuomo administration official's new book that seeks to rewrite the history of how New...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 22

Posted October 24, 2023 • 00:26:08

...