December 24, 2017: Capitol Pressroom
Guests: Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D – Yonkers), Leader, mainline State Senate Democrats Ken Pokalsky, Vice President, Business Council of New York State Dr. Fred Kowal, President, United...
View ArticleDecember 25, 2017: Best Of: What Connects Us
While there are plenty of issues that divide us as the presidential election shows, a tour through the chapters of New York’s history proves there is also much that brings us together. We looked at...
View ArticleDecember 26, 2017: Gregory Squires
The Fair Housing Act was passed just about 50 years ago. In a just-published anthology titled “The Fight for Fair Housing”, Gregory Squires, a professor of public policy and sociology at George...
View ArticleDecember 26, 2017: Best Of: Patricia Salkin
How has a 17 year old law led to highly dense populations in areas where they are typically prohibited by zoning laws? We broke down the effects of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons...
View ArticleDecember 26, 2017: Bill Mahoney
Has the Trump administration encouraged more Democrats to run for office throughout New York? Bill Mahoney, Politico New York reporter, discussed the numbers when he joins Susan.
View ArticleDecember 27, 2017: Paul Finkelman
We take a deep dive into the history of slavery and the Supreme Court with Dr. Paul Finkelman, Supreme Court scholar and President of Gratz College in Pennsylvania. His new book entitled “Supreme...
View ArticleDecember 27, 2017: Best of: Asm. Sandy Galef
We heard from Asm. Sandy Galef (D-Ossining) who has introduced a bill that would create uniform sexual harassment policies for all State agencies and employees.
View ArticleDecember 28, 2017: Best of: Cycle of Injustice
A special presentation of Connect: NY Poverty and the Cycle of Injustice. We hear the story of Jamier Green, a young man from Albany who kept getting picked up by the cops as he walked to Stewart’s on...
View ArticleDecember 29, 2017: Best of: Sheldon Silver Conviction Analysis
Over the next few months we are going to be reporting on corruption cases on an almost monthly basis. The re-trials of former legislative leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver are on the calendar, as...
View ArticleDecember 31, 2017
Welcome to the Capitol Pressroom. I’m Susan Arbetter. On this last weekend of the year we wanted to revisit a program on the struggles facing poor New Yorkers in upstate New York. Many of Governor...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2018: Best of: Sen. Cathy Young
With the new focus on sexual harassment, Senator Cathy Young (R-Olean) joined Susan to explain her bill which aims to strengthen the State’s sexual harassment laws by ending secret settlements and more.
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2018: Best of: John Coppola
On Tuesday, activists launched the “Superstorm Opioid” operation to push for an increased investment in the effort to end the opioid epidemic. John Coppola, Executive Director of the New York...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2018: Best of: Domestic Violence
With his State of the State address approaching quickly, Governor Cuomo has announced an effort to strengthen domestic violence laws to remove firearms from the possession of those convicted of...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2018: Best of: Bruce Gyory
Bruce Gyory, senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips and adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany, shared his insights on the 2018 elections.
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2018: Joe Spector
Joe Spector, Albany Bureau Chief for the USA Today Network, broke down what we can expect to hear from the Governor’s State of the State address tomorrow.
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2017: MaryEllen Odell and Stephen Acquario
We heard from MaryEllen Odell, Putnam County Executive and President of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC), and Stephen Acquario, Executive Director of NYSAC, on their organization’s...
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2017: People’s State of the State
Today, activists held the “People’s State of the State” to outline their priorities on the state and federal levels. We previewed the event with Susan Zimet, Executive Director of the Hunger Action...
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2018: Larry Levy
Larry Levy, Executive Dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra, shared some insights on the upcoming legislative session.
View ArticleJanuary 3, 2018: James Merriman
What are some of the legislative priorities of charter schools in New York? We asked James Merriman, Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Charter School Center, when he joins Susan.
View ArticleJanuary 3, 2018: Mark Dunlea
One of the proposals that the Governor will outline in his State of the State address is a call for the State’s common retirement fund to cease new investments in fossil fuels. We broke down the...
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