Tag: Bill Hammond

Gov. Kathy Hochul calls her Medicaid budget “unsustainable,” but keeps increasing it anyway. That’s the core argument in a new commentary by Bill Hammond of the Empire Center for Public Policy, … more: Empire Center slams Hochul’s Medicaid growth

The Cuomo administration is refusing to release a full count of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes for another two months, until March 22nd. In a letter to the Empire Center on Wednesday, the … more: State delays release of FOIL’d nursing home data again, as pressure grows for answers

On September 1st, Bill Hammond of the Empire Center published a piece providing an update to a FOIL request connected to New York State's response to the coronavirus pandemic in nursing homes. … more: FL1 DAILY: What’s the real death toll in New York’s nursing homes? (podcast)

How is vaccine rollout going in New York State? This week we heard important updates from Governor Andrew Cuomo about the vaccination effort happening now in the state, but a lot of … more: FL1 DAILY: Vaccine rollout needs to speed up if ‘normal’ is going to arrive by summer (podcast)

This week Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that parts of Rochester and Syracuse would enter Orange Zone designation. It’s part of New York State’s Coronavirus micro-cluster mitigation strategy. It means focusing economic restrictions … more: DAILY DEBRIEF: Has the micro-cluster strategy actually worked if COVID cases are on the rise? (podcast)