March 9, 2018: Winners and Losers and Jimmy Vielkind
Who are the winners and losers of the week? We found out when City and State Editor-in-Chief Jon Lentz crowns them all. Then, we broke down the news of the week that was with Jimmy Vielkind, Politico...
View ArticleMarch 9, 2018: Asm. Pat Fahy and Asm. John McDonald
Assemblymembers Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and John McDonald (D-Cohoes) stopped by to discuss their priorities as we head into budget season and what they hope to accomplish in the remaining weeks of the...
View ArticleMarch 9, 2018: Medical School Diversity
We learned more about programs aimed at increasing diversity in the nation’s medical schools from Jo Wiederhorn, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Associated Medical Schools of New York, and...
View ArticleMarch 11, 2018: Capitol Pressroom
Guests: Senator Fred Akshar (R-Binghamton), co-chair of the Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction John Coppola, Executive Director of the New York Association of Alcoholism and...
View ArticleMarch 12, 2018: Budget Director Robert Mujica
With the deadline to pass the budget on time moving ever closer, Robert Mujica, Director of the New York State Division of the Budget, broke down the figures from the Governor’s education budget proposal.
View ArticleMarch 12, 2018: John Kaehny and Ron Deutsch
Activists are pushing for legislative action to bring more transparency to the subsidies that the State gives to businesses. We heard more on the push from Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of the Fiscal...
View ArticleMarch 12, 2018: Jim Heaney
We discussed the latest reports from Investigative Post with the Editor and Executive Director of Investigative Post, Jim Heaney.
View ArticleMarch 12, 2018: Harvey Rosenthal and Elena Kravitz
After the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, much of the conversation turned to the mental health of the perpetrator. We dove deeper into the issue with Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director of the New York...
View ArticleMarch 13, 2018: Asm. Amy Paulin and Jo Anne Simon
The New York Times reported over the weekend that a one-page letter, drafted by two Assemblymembers, Amy Paulin and Jo Anne Simon, has been “quietly distributed around the State Assembly and other...
View ArticleMarch 13, 2018: Asm. Brian Kolb
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R-Canandaigua) shared his views on the Governor’s tax proposals, an effort to reduce Medicaid costs, and his budget priorities.
View ArticleMarch 13, 2018: Internet Tax
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a decision in the case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. South Dakota is asking SCOTUS to overrule itself in its 1992 precedent Quill v North Dakota which, according to...
View ArticleMarch 13, 2018: Asm. Jeffrion Aubry, Akeem Browder, and Doug Van Zandt
Activists are pushing for a limit on the use of solitary confinement and for bail reform in New York. We heard from Akeem Browder, Kalief’s brother; Asm. Jeffrion Aubrey (D-Queens); and Doug Van Zandt...
View ArticleMarch 14, 2018: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
We heard from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) with the latest on his chamber’s budget resolution and his reaction to the Percoco verdict.
View ArticleMarch 14, 2018: Tesla Legislation
Tesla is advocating for legislation to increase their DMV auto dealership certifications from 5 to 20 across the State. Will Nicholas, Senior Manager of Policy and Business Development at Tesla,...
View ArticleMarch 14, 2018: National School Walkout
Across the nation, students are walking out of their schools today to remember the victims of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida and to call for action on gun control. We discussed the...
View ArticleMarch 14, 2018: Blair Horner
The jury in the corruption trial of former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco came to a guilty verdict on several counts Tuesday. Blair Horner, stopped by with his reactions to the verdict.
View ArticleMarch 14, 2018: Bruce Gyory
Bruce Gyory, adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany and senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, explained what the results of the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th...
View ArticleMarch 15, 2018: Sen. John DeFrancisco
We heard from Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse) on the verdict in the Percoco trial and his road to the GOP nomination for Governor now that Dutchess County Executive Marc...
View ArticleMarch 15, 2018: Asm. William Colton and Mark Dunlea
Asm. William Colton (D-Brooklyn) and Mark Dunlea, Chair of the Green Education and Legal Fund of New York State, explained the issues impacting the push to bring New York State to 100 percent renewable...
View ArticleMarch 15, 2018: Asm. Nily Rozic and Melanie Robbins
According to the Anti-Defamation League, incidents involving anti-Semitism increased by an astonishing 90 percent in New York during 2017. Asm. Nily Rozic (D-Queens) and Melanie Robbins, Senior...
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