Ken Lovett, the Albany Bureau Chief for the NY Daily News, updated us on the grand jury indictments against former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and six others. He also explained the impending oversight fight between Comptroller DiNapoli and Gov. Cuomo. A new report from Governing Magazine shows that New York City paid out more in lawsuits in 2016 than 19 other cities’ totals combined. Tom Stebbins, executive director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York, discussed some of the roots of high liability in New York and the municipal budget consequences. On Nov. 30, Effective Radio will relaunch as a two-hour monthly series on major policy changes that could come out of a Constitutional Convention. EffectiveNY Founder Bill Samuels joined Susan to preview the new show which will run until the 2017 referendum vote. Finally, we spoke again with Helmut Norpoth, a Professor […]
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