Aug. 17, 2016: Robert Perry, Steve Greenberg, Elizabeth Lynch, Larry Levy
Robert Perry, NYCLU’s Legislative Director, joined Susan to discuss his concerns over the ethics and reporting disclosure legislation that passed the last day of session but has still not been signed...
View ArticleAug. 18, 2016: Wendy Lecker, Timothy Kremer, Dick Dadey, Antony Haynes
East Ramapo parents are suing the State Education Department and the Board of Regents to demand immediate action on what they claim is financial mismanagement by the East Ramapo School Board. The first...
View ArticleAug. 19, 2016: Ashley Hupfl, David Howard King, Bill Hammond, Michael...
It’s Friday – Ashley Hupfl will be here with City & State’s Winners and Losers! David Howard King, a reporter with Gotham Gazette, weighs in on the news of the week. We will speak with Bill...
View ArticleAug. 22, 2016: Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Asw. Jaffee, Judith Enck, Dr....
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia spoke with Susan Arbetter about the newly appointed East Ramapo monitor Charles Szuberla. Then we heard reaction on the appointment from East Ramapo area...
View ArticleAug. 23, 2016: money in politics, Mario Cilento, Sen. George Latimer, Bruce...
Are billionaires manipulating New York elections? That’s what some advocacy groups claim. We heard from Michael Kink, the executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition, Inc, and Jasmine...
View ArticleAug. 24, 2016: Special The Capitol Pressroom featuring Connect: NY Episode 110
Special The Capitol Pressroom featuring Connect: NY Episode 110, which introduces the idea that a Constitutional Convention in New York could impact the issues of power concentration in the capitol and...
View ArticleAug. 25, 2016: Sen. DeFrancisco, Jim Heaney, Julie Killian
Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R – Syracuse) joined Susan in the WCNY studios to chat about the start of the New York State Fair, elections this fall and more. Investigative Post broke...
View ArticleAug. 26, 2016: Winners and Losers, Ken Lovett, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli,...
Who was a Winner or Loser this week? Ashley Hupfl of City & State had the full list. We hosted a reporter round-table with Ken Lovett, the Albany Bureau Chief for the NY Daily News, and Nick...
View ArticleAug. 29, 2016: Bob Duffy, Sen. Liz Krueger, Blair Horner, Sarah Jaffe
Susan Arbetter spoke with former Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who is now the President and CEO of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, about his call for legislators to form an Upstate Caucus. Sen. Liz...
View ArticleAug. 30, 2016: Hoosick Falls Senate hearing, NY’s medical marijuana program,...
Sen. Kathy Marchione (R – Halfmoon) shares what she expects to hear from today’s Senate hearing on water contamination in Hoosick Falls. Then Asm. Steve McLaughlin (R – Rensselaer Co.) joins Susan for...
View ArticleAug. 31, 2016: Sen. Kemp Hannon, Judith Enck, Robert Freeman, Kate Breslin...
Sen. Kemp Hannon (R – Garden City), the chair of the Senate Health Committee, shared his thoughts on yesterday’s Senate Hearing on Hoosick Falls. We also heard from Judith Enck, the Region 2 EPA...
View ArticleEPA responds to NY Commissioners Seggos and Zucker
McCarthy to Zucker and Seggos 09-01-16 “The Capitol Pressroom” will provide ongoing coverage of the conflict between the EPA and the Cuomo administration over Hoosick Falls water contamination.
View ArticleSept. 1, 2016: Lois Gibbs, Michele Baker, Brian Mann, Shaun Francis
Lois Gibbs blew the whistle about thousands of pounds of buried hazardous material in Love Canal, New York, the community where she was raising her family. 40 years later, we are still dealing with...
View ArticleSept. 2, 2016: Ashley Hupfl, Matt Hamilton, Tom Giglio, CEI suit against AG...
Ashley Hupfl, an Albany reporter with City & State, shares this week’s Winners and Losers. Matt Hamilton, a Capitol reporter with the Albany Times Union, discussed the Hoosick Falls hearing and...
View ArticleSept. 6, 2016: Part 360, back to school with NYSCOSS, remembering Clarence...
We discussed the Part 360 environmental regulations and the effort to close the fracking waste loophole with Bill Cooke, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and Nadia Steinzor, the Eastern Program...
View ArticleSept. 7, 2016: Minority Leader Brian Kolb, Asm. Richard Gottfried, “dog...
We spoke with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R – Canandaigua). Asm. Richard Gottfried (D – Manhattan), the Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, previewed the hearing on Hoosick Falls’ water...
View ArticleSept. 8, 2016: Coming up on “The Capitol Pressroom”
Coming up, Dr. Howard Freed. MD, the former director for the state Department of Health’s Center for Environmental Health, targets the issues at the heart of the Hoosick Falls water contamination...
View ArticleSept 9, 2016: Ashley Hupfl, Scott Waldman, Jim Heaney, Heather Ann Thompson
Today, Ashley Hupfl shared this week’s City & State Winners and Losers. Scott Waldman of Politico New York debriefed the Hoosick Falls and water contamination hearings from the last two weeks. We...
View ArticleSept. 12, 2016: Minority Leader Brian Kolb, Ken Lovett, Adirondack Council,...
Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R – Pittsford) committed suicide on Friday morning near his family’s grave plot in Rochester, NY. We heard more about the tragedy from Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R –...
View ArticleSept. 13, 2016: Sen. Gianaris, Offshore Wind Alliance, Wendy Lecker, Laura...
On Legislative Primary Day, Susan speaks with Sen. Mike Gianaris (D – Queens), the Chair of the State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, about the Senate Democrats’ battle for control of the Senate....
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