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 Eleven

Posted April 11, 2023 • 00:34:39

In this special episode, Empire Center's Tim Hoefer and James E. Hanley talk about the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act with New York...

Messages of Necessity - Episode Ten

Posted March 28, 2023 • 00:39:00

In this episode of the podcast, Tim talks to Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute (and contributing editor of City Journal, and...

Messages of Necessity - Episode Nine

Posted March 14, 2023 • 00:34:22

The latest episode is out! After a brief news recap with James, Debi interviews Frank Suits, Jr., CEO and Chairman of the Board at Suit-Kote and a board...

Messages of Necessity - Episode Eight

Posted February 28, 2023 • 00:33:32

It this episode, Tim Hoefer interviews Howard Husock from the American Enterprise Institute about housing policy in New York. Ken and Cam then talk...

Messages of Necessity - Episode Seven

Posted February 14, 2023 • 00:24:59

In this episode, Debi talks to Ashara Baker from the National Parents Union about school choice in Rochester — and New York more broadly. Kyle and...