New York breaks intractable cycle caused by traffic fines
June 28, 2021 – Fines and Fees Justice Center New York State Director Katie Adamides highlights a law that takes effect on June 29 enabling New Yorkers to use payment plans for traffic fines and fees...
View ArticleA second chance for students with disabilities
June 28, 2021 – For students with a disability the disruptions caused by the pandemic may have made it impossible for them to complete their individualized education plan, so Assemblyman Angelo...
View ArticleConsumer advocates wary of federal loan program coming to New York
June 29, 2021 – Empire Justice Center senior attorney Kirsten Keefe and Public Utility Law Project Executive Director Richard Berkley weigh in on a controversial federal loan program – that could be...
View ArticleNew York tries again to impose oversight of prosecutors
June 29, 2021 – Senate Codes Committee Chair Jamaal Bailey, a Bronx Democrat, discusses the state’s latest attempt to create an oversight panel responsible for monitoring the conduct of local...
View ArticleBuffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary highlights shifting local political...
June 29, 2021 – We analyze the upset victory in Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary and consider what the race means for the region with the help of Investigative Post Executive Director Jim Heaney.
View ArticleAre lawsuits the way to less gun violence? New York Democrats hope so
June 30, 2021 – Joe Popcun, executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium and director of policy and practice at the Rockefeller Institute, breaks down legislation that made its...
View ArticleDrafting error holds up clean slates for more than 2 million New Yorkers
June 30, 2021 – In the waning days of the legislative session, the Democratic majorities in the state Legislature appeared to have struck a deal on a bill that would seal the criminal records for more...
View ArticleRegional electric scooter-sharing program planned for upstate
July 1, 2021 – Capital District Transportation Authority CEO Carm Basile explains the launch of a regional electric scooter sharing program that is made possible by language adopted in last year’s...
View ArticleLast call for alcohol (to go)
July 1, 2021 – New York State Restaurant Association President Melissa Fleischut and Rochester-area restaurateur Kelly Bush discusses the expiration of the state’s “cocktails-to-go” initiative and the...
View ArticleDemocrats eye conflicts of interests in gubernatorial appointments
July 1, 2021 – Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, makes the case for legislation prohibiting some of the governor’s close allies and registered lobbyists from serving in...
View ArticlePOLL: Majority of Democrats don’t want Cuomo to run in 2022
July 1, 2021 – Siena College Research Institute pollster Steve Greenberg breaks down their latest polling numbers, including how New Yorkers feel about Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
View ArticleSyracuse’s stimulus targeted for pandemic deficit and one-time investments
July 6, 2021 – Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh shares his vision for spending $123 million in stimulus money his city is receiving through the American Rescue Plan.
View ArticleGender affirming care out of reach for low-income, transgender New Yorkers
July 6, 2021 – Cecilia Gentili, founder of Transgender Equity Consulting, talks about the financial burdens low-income, transgender New Yorkers face trying to obtain gender affirming surgery and...
View ArticleThe Adirondack legacy of George Pataki
July 6, 2021 – Adirondack Explorer reporter Gwendolyn Craig discusses her lunch with former Gov. George Pataki and her reporting on a trash controversy in the Adirondacks.
View ArticleDEC’s Conservationist magazine to celebrate 75th anniversary
July 6, 2021 – With the “Conservationist,” New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s outdoors magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer, we talked with department Chief of Staff...
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