April 5, 2017: Hofstra U’s Larry Levy
Hofstra University’s Executive Dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies Larry Levy analyzed the implications of late budgets for non-profits.
View ArticleApril 6, 2017: Late state budget impact on schools
Without school aid runs, school districts will have a nearly impossible time putting together a school budget under a looming deadline. We spoke with Bob Lowry, the Deputy Director for Advocacy,...
View ArticleApril 6, 2017: e-cigarette loophole?
We discussed the effort to close an e-cigarette loophole in the state budget.
View ArticleApril 6, 2017: Ron Deutsch and John Kaehny
Ron Deutsch, the Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, and John Kaehny, Executive Director and founding board member of Reinvent Albany, sargue there needs to be far more economic...
View ArticleApril 6, 2017: Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz
And we spoke with Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz (D – Bronx) about the impact of upstate nuclear subsidies on consumers’ electric bills.
View ArticleApril 7, 2017: Healthy Schools Network
Claire Barnett, the Executive Director of the Healthy Schools Network, Inc., and Jeff Jones, with the Healthy Schools Network, on Healthy Schools Week and the results of lead testing at New York schools.
View ArticleApril 7, 2017: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
“The Capitol Pressroom” featured Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D – NY, 18) on the Syrian airstrike, Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation, and more.
View ArticleApril 7, 2017: Bruce Roter and Nellie Bly Award
Bruce Roter, the President of the Museum of Political Corruption, discussed the campaign to start the Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. Nellie Bly was an investigative reporter in the late...
View ArticleApril 7: 2017: Winners and Losers, Joe Spector
Jon Lentz, Editor-in-Chief for City & State, shared this week’s Winners and Losers. Joe Spector, Gannett’s Albany Bureau Chief, analyzed this rather turbulent budget debate week.
View ArticleApril 10, 2017: Asm. Brindisi and Sen. Griffo
After nine extra days of negotiating, the NYS budget passed both houses. We will have reactions to the budget over the course of this week, beginning with Asm. Anthony Brindisi (D – Utica) and Sen....
View ArticleApril 10, 2017: Jonathan Gradess
Jonathan Gradess, the Executive Director of the New York State Defenders Association, explained the budget language for funding indigent legal services.
View ArticleApril 10, 2017: Environmental investment reactions
We heard more about the environmental protection initiatives that made their way into the budget – along with which issues were sidelined – from Peter Iwanowicz, Executive Director of the Environmental...
View ArticleApril 11, 2017: Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
We heard Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ (D – Yonkers) response to the budget.
View ArticleApril 11, 2017: Ken Pokalsky, Business Council
Ken Pokalsky, the Vice President of Government Affairs with the Business Council of New York State, discussed Workers’ Compensation reform in the budget.
View ArticleApril 11, 2017: Shelly Nortz on housing and homelessness
Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, takes a victory lap for homelessness support and supportive housing in the budget.
View ArticleApril 12, 2017: Rep. Paul Tonko
Rep. Paul Tonko (D, NY-20) weighs in on the Syrian gas attacks, U.S. airstrikes and the federal budget.
View ArticleApril 12, 2017: Libby Post
Libby Post, executive director of the New York State Animal Protection Federation, on funding in the budget for the first-in-the-nation Companion Animal Capital Fund.
View ArticleApril 12, 2017: EJ McMahon
Founder and Research Director for the Empire Center EJ McMahon provides critical analysis of the “big ugly” budget deal.
View ArticleApril 12, 2017: Bruce Gyory
And Bruce Gyory of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips takes a closer look at the politics of the state budget.
View ArticleApril 13, 2017: Sen. Diane Savino
Sen. Diane Savino (D – Staten Island), a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, joined Susan with her reaction to the budget.
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