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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Messages of Necessity - Episode 16

Posted June 20, 2023 • 00:30:55

Tim Hoefer interviews Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) about her role on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Ian Kingsbury...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 15

Posted June 6, 2023 • 00:37:47

After James recaps the latest Empire Center research, Debi interviews Cody Snider, Co-President & Co-Founder of UNIT Solutions. The two talk about...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 14

Posted May 23, 2023 • 00:45:48

After a quick research recap, Tim talks to Daniel and Peter Arbeeny, two brothers whose father passed away after contracting COVID-19 in a Brooklyn...

Messages of Necessity - Episode 13

Posted May 9, 2023 • 00:25:09

In this episode, James covers the news and Tim interviews Ken Moltner about voter access and election integrity in New York. To close, James and Ken...

Messages of Necessity - Episode Twelve

Posted April 25, 2023 • 00:37:00

We start this episode with a recap of the Empire Center blog, then Debi interviews Tony Woodlief, State Policy Network’s Senior Executive Vice President,...