Assessing community policing plans and what comes next
April 28, 2021 – Albany Law School Government Law Center Executive Director Ava Ayers breaks down the policing plans submitted this spring by municipalities around the state and discusses what comes...
View ArticleCensus 2020: The good, the bad and the 89 New Yorkers
April 28, 2021 – New York is poised to lose one congressional seat as the result of newly released numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, but it could have been much worse, according to Jeff Wice,...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers revive push for sex education mandate in New York
April 29, 2021 – Sexual education in New York schools is left up to the whims of local school districts, but Democratic lawmakers are pushing legislation that would implement minimum standards for the...
View ArticleNew York law takes center stage in national gun control debate
April 29, 2021 – SUNY Cortland professor Robert Spitzer explains the New York law restricting who can carry a concealed gun, which is being challenged in a case that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed...
View ArticleRochester state senator discusses gun violence spike in hometown
April 29, 2021 – With Rochester experiencing a spike in gun violence, much like urban communities all over the state, we turned to one of the city’s freshman state senators, Jeremy Cooney, for ideas on...
View ArticleNew York’s pandemic numbers improve, but COVID-19 risks linger
April 29, 2021 – Dr. Denis Nash, executive director of the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, discusses the relaxed pandemic restrictions in New York, the declining demand...
View Article‘Cuomo Chips’ retired by the state Legislature
April 30, 2021 – State Sen. John Mannion, a Syracuse-area Democrat, explains why the state Legislature decided to step in an and end a handful of pandemic orders from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including the...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers eye ban of retail pet sales
April 30, 2021 – It’s time for the state Legislature to approve legislation banning the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in retail pet shops, according to Bill Ketzer, senior director of state...
View ArticleAssembly urged to let AG Tish James handle probe of Cuomo’s alleged sexual...
April 30, 2021 – The Sexual Harassment Working Group wants the Assembly Judiciary to defer to the state attorney general’s office when it comes to investigating sexual misconduct allegations against...
View ArticleLegislature poised to overhaul health care staffing standards
April 30, 2021 – State Senate Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, explains bills moving in the Capitol that would impose a statutory minimum number of hours of nursing care at...
View ArticleCuomo urged to fill judicial vacancies contributing to court backlog
May 3, 2021 – The state’s court system has 15 vacancies in the appellate division that need to be filled to address the significant delays for New Yorkers trying to bring appeals, according to New York...
View ArticleNew York’s tourism industry wants to spend money to attract money
May 3, 2021 – New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association President Mark Dorr talks about the state of tourism in New York and explains legislation that would let municipalities create tourism...
View ArticleNew economic opportunities for New Yorkers with disabilities
May 3, 2021 – We take a look at the job landscape for New Yorkers with developmental or physical disabilities with Our Ability CEO John Robinson, who is also launching a pilot program to boost...
View ArticleNew leadership for state’s controversial ethics watchdog
May 3, 2021 – The Albany Times Union’s state investigative reporter Chris Bragg introduces us to the new executive director of the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics and walks us through other...
View ArticleLegislation would expedite pistol permits for domestic abuse survivors
May 4, 2021 – Senate Republican Leader Robert Ortt discusses his legislation expediting the pistol permit application process for survivors of domestic abuse and weighs in on the legal challenge to New...
View ArticleNew York sued by bus drivers, a wedding photographer and internet providers
May 4, 2021 – Rob Rosborough, author of the New York Appeals blog, explains a challenge to the state’s low-cost internet mandate, a wedding photographers case against same-sex marriage jobs and a...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters gets ball rolling on redistricting
May 4, 2021 – The countdown is on to complete New York’s legislative boundaries, so the League of Women Voters of New York held a hearing last week to gain input from stakeholders all over the state....
View ArticleImmigrants offer input to Assembly New Americans Task Force
May 4, 2021 – Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, a Queens Democrat, who chairs the chamber’s task force on New Americans, has been hosting listening tours around the state to hear from New York immigrants...
View ArticleThe contenders for New York’s top court
May 5, 2021 – Vin Bonventre, author of the New York Court Watcher website, analyzes the list of contenders to succeed Judge Paul Feinman on the state’s top court and notes the candidates who didn’t...
View ArticleCuomo administration cuts support to non-profits serving New Yorkers with...
May 5, 2021 – The state was scheduled on May 1 to make a drastic cut in funding to group home operators that serve New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. Schenectady ARC Executive Director Kirk...
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