March 15, 2016: Sen. DeFrancisco, Timothy Kremer, Steve Greenberg
Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R – Syracuse) explains the Senate’s one-house budget resolution and tax relief plan. We will hear the New York State School Board Association’s response...
View ArticleMarch 16, 2016: Minority Leader Kolb, Alexis Pleus, Asw. Deborah Glick, Larry...
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R – Canandaigua) will explain the Assembly Republicans’ opposition to a $15/hr. minimum wage. We will meet Alexis Pleus, the founder of Truth Pharm, who will...
View ArticleMarch 17, 2016: Asm. Morelle, Laura Haight, David Friedfel, DJ Jaffe
Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (D – Rochester) will have the latest on budget negotiations. We will speak with Laura Haight, Health Care Providers (HCP) VP for Public Policy, about the group’s...
View ArticleMarch 18, 2016: Ashley Hupfl, Reporters, Vin Bonventre, Bill Farber
Ashley Hupfl, an Albany reporter with City & State, shares this week’s Winners and Losers. The Times Union’s Matt Hamilton and Newsday’s Michael Gormley join us for a reporter roundtable. We’ll...
View ArticleMarch 21, 2016: Sen. Young, “Moral Monday,” CSEA lawsuit, Sen. Savino
We will speak with Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young (R – Olean) about the latest in budget negotiations. On this Moral Monday, Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of Albany and Rev. Emily McNeill,...
View ArticleMarch 22, 2016: Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, Billy Easton, Chancellor-elect...
We spoke with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher about the future of the state’s colleges. We met Regents Chancellor-elect Betty Rosa. Billy Easton, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education,...
View ArticleMarch 23, 2016: Ethics in the Constitution, Adam Prizio and Lisa Tarricone,...
We will preview the March 25th Rockefeller Institute of Government event, “Can a NYS Constitutional Convention Strengthen Government Ethics,” with Robert Bullock, Deputy Director for Operations at the...
View ArticleMarch 24, 2016: Best-of Episode
Best-of Episode Asm. Sean Ryan (D – Buffalo) and Chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires Morris Pearl, a former Managing Director at BlackRock Inc., discussed multi-state efforts to close what is known...
View ArticleMarch 28, 2016: Mayor Miner, Jim Brock and Brett Truett, Dr. Michael Reich,...
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner joined Susan to explain a union attack ad against her for not harshly criticizing Sen. John DeFrancisco for his minimum wage position. She’ll also discuss her decision to...
View ArticleMarch 29, 2016: Susan Novotny and Peter Elitzer, good government groups, Sen....
We will discuss the impact of a $15/hr. minimum wage on small business. Our guests will be Susan Novotny, an independent bookseller and owner of the Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza, and Peter Elitzer,...
View ArticleMarch 30, 2016: Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Rep. John Katko, Sen. Kemp...
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D – Yonkers) joins us to talk about the budget process. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) will discuss his call for increased security at airports after the...
View ArticleMarch 31, 2016: Ken Lovett, Ron Deutsch, Barbara Bowen, Asw. Deborah Glick,...
NY Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett will have the latest on where state leaders stand with a budget deal. Ron Deutsch, the executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, will analyze two...
View ArticleApril 1, 2016: Ashley Hupfl, Albany Bureau Chiefs, Billy Easton and Wendy
Ashley Hupfl of City & State shares this week’s Winners and Losers. We’ll be joined by Albany bureau chiefs-Jimmy Vielkind of Politico New York, Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News, and Yancey...
View ArticleApril 4, 2016: Karen Magee, EJ McMahon, Bob Bellafiore, Steve Greenberg, Dean...
State testing begins this week. Karen Magee, the president of NYSUT, discussed testing, opt-out and education funding in the budget. Speaking of the budget, we heard reaction on the final product from...
View ArticleApril 5, 2016: Comptroller DiNapoli, Jeffrey Wice, Sen. DeFrancisco, Maya van...
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R – Syracuse) join us on the state budget. We’ll also speak with Jeffrey Wice, a Fellow at the Jaeckle Center For Law,...
View ArticleApril 6, 2016: Eric Schneiderman, Robert Lowry, Tim Kremer, Bruce Gyory
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman updated Susan on his Trump University lawsuit. We analyzed whether the increase in school funding in the budget was enough with Robert Lowry, the Deputy Director of...
View ArticleApril 7, 2016: Michael Kink and Luis Torres, Asm. Pete Lopez, Jim Heaney,...
Michael Kink, executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition, and Luis Torres, a council member of Metro Justice in Rochester, discussed the minimum wage victory and the fight they plan to...
View ArticleApril 8, 2016: Asw. Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Walter Hang, Justin Sondel,...
Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D – Buffalo) discussed final funding in the budget for community schools, which will help children in poverty receive essential services like healthcare and...
View ArticleApril 10, 2016: Capitol Pressroom Weekend
This week, we fielded reaction from a variety of interest groups. On Monday we asked NYSUT President Karen Magee about school aid as well as the opt-out movement which is seeing signs of strength this...
View ArticleApril 11, 2016: Brian Fallon of Hillary for America, Carl Paladino, John...
Hillary Clinton’s National Press Secretary Brian Fallon joins Susan in advance of the April 19th primary. We will speak with Buffalo-area businessman, school board member and former Republican...
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