Overview

Empire Government Strategies is New York’s major lobbying and grassroots organization. Empire has offices in Albany, Washington, New York City and Long Island and is headed by former New York State Assembly Ways and Means Chair, Arthur "Jerry" Kremer.

The Empire team has achieved great success in representing clients in Washington and Albany on complex legislative and regulatory issues. In addition Empire has assisted private and not-for-profit corporations, and local governments with access to state and federal grants.  With our statewide network of seasoned government affairs professionals, we have developed solid regional public outreach programs for numerous private and public development projects.

Gaining support or opposition to legislation is no longer a simple one-on-one process. It involves recruiting allies at the local level who will express their views to their elected officials, who are often guided by business and community reaction.

What Makes Us Different

Empire will give its clients a full roster of services that are offered by no other group in the Northeastern United States. Here is what we do for our clients:

• We create a strategy on how to deal with your legislative issues or community needs
• We work with our clients to help them understand how to embark on similar projects in the future
• We have solid relationships with elected officials in every region of New York and understand their issues and how they relate to our client’s projects
• We conduct meetings around the state to give our clients access to elected officials
• We create grassroots programs and handle every element of the effort
• We work with legislative leaders at all levels to educate them on our client’s positions
• We analyze pending legislation and offer expert advice
• We report to our clients on a frequent basis
• We create printed materials to promote our client’s needs
• We seek sponsors for legislation and encourage broad support or opposition against any pending legislation
• We use our statewide network of key local contacts to assist our clients in advancing their projects
• Our projects cover communities and officials from the North Fork to the North Country