Feb. 23, 2017: David Friedfel
And then David Friedfel of the Citizens Budget Commission took a critical look at the Governor’s executive budget.
View ArticleFeb. 23, 2017: Bob Bellafiore and Steve Greenberg
Then, when is a highway sign representative of something wrong in State Government? Bob Bellafiore and Steve Greenberg joined Susan to tackle the decision-making behind spending $8 million dollars for...
View ArticleFeb 23, 2017: Syracuse-area Consensus Report
Today we take our first foray into the Consensus report issued earlier this month – Consensus is the commission looking into consolidating Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse. Our first guest is a...
View ArticleFeb. 24, 2017: Connect: NY – Too Old To Work Part 2
Today’s program is a special presentation of the second installment of our Connect: NY series on poverty which focuses on seniors. We introduce you to a woman whose disabilities keep her from working,...
View ArticleFeb. 24, 2017: Connect: NY – Too Old To Work Part 1
Today’s program is a special presentation of the second installment of our Connect: NY series on poverty which focuses on seniors. We introduce you to a woman whose disabilities keep her from working,...
View ArticleFeb 26, 2017: Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan
The Capitol Pressroom hosts Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on the budget, Gov. Cuomo and Pres. Trump.
View ArticleFeb 26, 2017: State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will discuss guidance to make schools safe havens, graduation rates and school aid.
View ArticleFeb 26, 2017: Larry Levy
And finally, Hofstra University’s Executive Dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies Larry Levy will analyze the issue of school choice and vouchers.
View ArticleFeb. 27, 2017: Rep. John Faso and Siena Poll
Rep. John Faso (R, NY – 19) says he may be open to holding a town hall meeting in the future, but not now. He spoke with Susan Arbetter about constituent anger & service; changes to the Affordable...
View ArticleFeb. 27, 2017: Hoosick Falls update
The Village Board of Hoosick Falls may hold a vote tonight on whether to accept a $1.04 million settlement with Saint-Gobain and Honeywell, the two companies responsible for pollution of the...
View ArticleFeb. 28, 2017: AARP’s Beth Finkel
AARP’s New York State Director Beth Finkel explained the push to establish a state-sponsored retirement savings program that private sector employees who cannot get a pension or 401k on the job can...
View ArticleFeb. 28, 2017: Long-term care
We discussed adding long-term care to the NY Health Act, a single-payer health care bill sponsored by Asm. Richard Gottfried (D – New York), the Chairman of the Assembly Health Committee.
View ArticleFeb. 28, 2017: Eliot Fiks
And we met a small business owner from the Southern Tier who argues that entrepreneurs can also be “the invisible poor”.
View ArticleFeb. 28, 2017: Indigent legal defense
We heard the latest on state funding for indigent legal defense services from Tina Luongo, the Attorney-in-Charge of the Criminal Practice at The Legal Aid Society, and Albany County Executive Dan McCoy.
View ArticleMarch 1, 2017: #BFair2DirectCare
With turnover rates and staff vacancies among direct service providers, New York’s most vulnerable are facing a crisis. We heard from Laura Kennedy, the President of NYSARC, and Harvey Weisenberg, a...
View ArticleMarch 1, 2017: Carried interest tax loophole
And finally, we heard the case for closing what opponents call the carried interest tax loophole.
View ArticleMarch 1, 2017: environmental bill of rights
We discussed a push to include an environmental bill of rights in the NYS Constitution with Bill Samuels, the founder of EffectNY, and Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of the Environmental...
View ArticleMarch 1, 2017: Maury Litwack
Maury Litwack, the Executive Director of Teach NYS, which is a project of the Orthodox Union Advocacy, weighed in on recent incidents of anti-Semitism, and the Teach NYS lobby day where the group is...
View ArticleMarch 2, 2017: Rep. Paul Tonko
Congressman Paul Tonko weighed in on the Washington Post’s report that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice with the Russian ambassador before the presidential election, and did not disclose those...
View ArticleMarch 2, 2017: Tiffany Monti and Glenn Liebman
Then we are going to meet Tiffany Monti who had been living in housing provided by the Office of Mental Health Services. She now lives on her own, but she could not have done it without taxpayer...
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