December 17, 2018: Pay Raise Lawsuit
The pay raise commission was hit with a hurdle last week with a legal challenge from the Government Justice Center. We discussed the case with the organization’s Executive Director and General Counsel,...
View ArticleDecember 17, 2018: Folk Music and Politics crossover
We explored the impact of music on important political causes in American history with Wanda Fischer, host of “The Hudson River Sampler”.
View ArticleDecember 17, 2018: Sen. John DeFrancisco
With the New Year coming, a number of lawmakers are in their last weeks as an elected official. We heard from one of those members, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse).
View ArticleDecember 17, 2018: Voting Reforms
A new year brings a new legislative session. We previewed a number of the voting reforms that legislators may see when they return to Albany with Jenn Wilson, Director of Programs and Policy at the...
View ArticleDecember 18, 2018: Speaker Carl Heastie
On Monday, Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) picked Buffalo Democrat Crystal Peoples-Stokes to serve as the next Assembly Majority Leader. We discussed the selection and the latest with the upcoming session.
View ArticleDecember 18, 2018: Planned Parenthood ESA’s Robin Chappelle Golston
Activists are hopeful that 2019 is the year that the Reproductive Health Act and the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act are passed by the state legislature. We heard from Robin Chappelle Golston,...
View ArticleDecember 18, 2018: Political analysts Bob Bellafiore and Steve Greenberg
With the session last than a month away, we previewed the jam packed legislative session with political analysts Bob Bellafiore and Steve Greenberg.
View ArticleDecember 18, 2018: NYSAC’s Stephen Acquario
In his State of the State preview, Governor Cuomo called for the legalization of adult-use recreational marijuana. Stephen Acquario, Executive Director of the New York State Association of Counties,...
View ArticleDecember 19, 2018: Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul
The Regional Economic Development Council awards were announced on Tuesday. We broke down which regions will see the biggest awards with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul (D).
View ArticleDecember 19, 2018: Drinking Water Quality Council
We discussed the latest from the Drinking Water Quality Council with NYPIRG’s Environmental Policy Director Elizabeth Moran.
View ArticleDecember 19, 2018: Economic development issues
We took a look into issues with transparency and the economic development programs themselves with Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Alliance, and John Kaehny, Executive Director of...
View ArticleDecember 19, 2018: Bruce Gyory
Bruce Gyory, senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips and adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany, shared his insights on the latest from the Albany political sphere.
View ArticleDecember 20, 2018: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) joined the show to discuss the latest in New York State
View ArticleDecember 20, 2018: UUP’s Frederick Kowal
Frederick Kowal, President of the United University Professions, stopped by to share the legislative priorities of New York’s university profession’s union.
View ArticleDecember 20, 2018: Sen. Shelley Mayer
We previewed the education issues that will be popping up throughout the legislative session with the incoming chair of the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers).
View ArticleDecember 20, 2018: Addressing the opioid crisis
While Governor Cuomo did mention the legalization of adult use marijuana in his State of the State preview, the opioid crisis was pushed to the speech’s sidelines. We heard about the efforts that are...
View ArticleDecember 21, 2018: Best of: Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Come January, Democrats will have a Senate majority to go with their supermajority in the State Assembly. Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) broke down her priorities heading into the new session....
View ArticleDecember 21, 2018: Best of: Sen. Mike Gianaris
Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) has become one of the leading critics of the deal to bring Amazon to New York City. We heard from the incoming Deputy Senate Majority Leader on the deal he has called...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2019: Connect: NY Immigration
We took a snapshot of the issues facing new immigrants and refugees in upstate New York. From how national policy is changing America’s place in the world, to the economic revitalization being...
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2019: Connect: NY Creative Economy
Just a few weeks ago we gathered 4 experts at the studios of WCNY in Syracuse to talk about the “creative economy”. It’s a lot bigger than many people realize – so big, that the UN estimates it is a...
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