March 2, 2018: Rep. John Faso
Last month, President Trump unveiled his budget and infrastructure proposals. We’ll discuss the plans from Washington with Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook).
View ArticleMarch 2, 2018: Barbara DeLong and Patrick Curran
Advocates are pushing for a higher wage to retain people as Direct Support Professionals (DSP) who take care of people living with physical and/or mental disabilities. We’ll hear from Barbara DeLong...
View ArticleMarch 2, 2018: Jim Heaney
We’ll outline the latest stories from the Investigative Post with Jim Heaney, Editor and Executive Director of Investigative Post.
View ArticleMarch 2, 2018: Judith Enck and Roger Downs
Judith Enck, former EPA regional administrator, and Roger Downs, Conservation Director at the Sierra Club’s Atlantic Chapter, will break down the impacts that the Trump administration’s decision to...
View ArticleMarch 5, 2018: Capitol Pressroom
Guests: Deputy Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Queens) Chris Neitzey, Policy Director for the New York State Network for Youth Success Diane Noriega, Program Officer for the Committee for...
View ArticleMarch 5, 2018: Blair Horner and Susan Lerner
March is when budget season kicks into full blast here at the Capitol. We discussed the legislative session so far and the continuing presence of corruption trials with Blair Horner, Executive Director...
View ArticleMarch 5, 2018: Bill Cooke
How will an effort to change the definition of all-terrain vehicles impact New Yorkers? Bill Cooke, Director of Government Relations at the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, explained
View ArticleMarch 5, 2018: Political Ads
With a focus on the upcoming November elections, state legislators are working to protect New York from any outside influence on our elections. We broke down the effort to require social media...
View ArticleMarch 5, 2018: Animal Shelter Protections
Activists are asking the State government to do more to protect New York’s companion animals including additional funding for the Companion Animal Capital Fund. Libby Post, Executive Director of the...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2018: Ed Cox
While the State Republicans nominated their candidate for this year’s U.S. Senate race, the race for the nomination to take on Governor Cuomo grew larger with the entry of Dutchess County Executive...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2018: Michael Borges
Michael Borges, Executive Director of the New York State Association of School Business Officials, joined us with his reaction to a package of bills sponsored by State Senate Republicans which address...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2018: Sen. John Bonacic and Airbnb
We heard from Sen. John Bonacic (R-Mount Hope), and Dorothy Chenovert, an Airbnb renter, on a bill that would regulate Airbnb to protect responsible hosts and how Airbnb supplements incomes for...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2018: Food Aid Funding
How can NY respond to possible cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)? We found out when Triada Stampas, Vice President for Research and Public Affairs at the Food Bank for New...
View ArticleMarch 7, 2018: Criminal Justice Reforms
The Governor outlined several proposals to reform the criminal justice system in New York State. Nick Encalada-Malinowski, social worker and organizer with VOCAL-NY, explained his concerns with the...
View ArticleMarch 7, 2018: Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes
We heard from Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) on her priorities for the remainder of the legislative session and the work that is needed to reach the Governor’s goals on MWBE contracting and...
View ArticleMarch 7, 2018: Dave Friedfel
The Citizens Budget Commission has released their budget recommendations ahead of the legislature’s negotiations. Dave Friedfel, Director of State Studies at the Citizens Budget Commission, shared some...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2018: Sen. Fred Akshar
The opioid crisis is still impacting New York and the country every day. Today, we heard two views on the resources and possible solutions to the crisis. We were joined first by the co-chair of the...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2018: John Coppola
The opioid crisis is still impacting New York and the country every day. Today, we heard two views on the resources and possible solutions to the crisis. Then, we were joined by John Coppola, Executive...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2018: Dr. Gerry Benjamin
With a potential end to the Percoco trial drawing closer, we broke down the implications of the case and how conflicts in the GOP could impact them in November with Dr. Gerry Benjamin, Distinguished...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2018: Kate Breslin
Kate Breslin, President & CEO of the Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy, explained how the Executive budget proposal will disproportionally impact low-income and children of color.
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