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August 29, 2018: Senate candidate Scott Noren

Dr. Scott Noren is looking to unseat Sen. Gillibrand in November’s election. We met the Senate candidate and found out where he stands on key issues impacting New Yorkers.

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August 29, 2018: Sarah Burger on sexual harassment guidelines

This month, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order outlining the state’s guidelines on sexual harassment. We broke down the guidelines with Sarah Burger, Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice at...

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August 29, 2018: Bruce Gyory on the Attorney General and gubernatorial debates

Bruce Gyory, senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany, stopped by with his analysis of last night’s Democratic Attorney General candidate...

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August 30, 2018: Democratic gubernatorial debate analysis

Last night, Governor Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon faced off in the one and only Democratic gubernatorial debate. We heard reaction and analysis from Steve Greenberg of Greenberg Public Relations and Yancey...

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August 30, 2018: Criminal Justice Reform with Albany County DA David Soares...

This past legislative session started with a strong push to reform New York’s criminal justice system. By June, the measures failed to make it to the Governor’s desk. We discussed the proposed reforms...

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August 31, 2018: Winners and Losers and Reporters

Zach Williams, reporter at City and State, shared who made this week’s Winners and Losers list. Then, we broke down the news and this week’s debates with Jon Campbell, reporter for the USA Today...

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August 31, 2018: Attorney General candidate Zephyr Teachout

Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout has climbed up to frontrunner status in the race for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. We discussed the latest on the race and her stance on key...

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August 31, 2018: Attorney General candidate Leecia Eve

According to recent polling, over 40 percent of Democratic primary voters are undecided in the Attorney General’s race. Leecia Eve, member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New...

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September 2, 2018: Capitol Pressroom

Guests Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Republican candidate for Governor Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for the New York Daily News Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for the USA Today Network...

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September 4, 2018: Sexual Harassment Working Group on the state’s new...

Last month, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order which outlined the state’s guidelines on sexual harassment. We heard from Erica Vladimer, member of the Sexual Harassment Working Group and former...

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September 4, 2018: Municipal solar toolkit

A new toolkit from NYSERDA aims to help municipalities across the state bring solar energy projects to their underutilized areas. David Sandbank, Director of NY-Sun, explained how the toolkit works and...

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September 4, 2018: ALEC’s impact on redistricting and the judiciary

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has had a major impact on what legislation is passed in state legislatures across the country. Josefa Velasquez, reporter at Sludge, and Donny Shaw,...

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September 4, 2018: Tom Kendall on the impact of divestment

Activists are pushing Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to divest the state’s pension fund from companies that produce fossil fuels. Todd Kendall, Executive Vice President at Compass Lexecon, discussed the ways...

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September 5, 2018: Comptroller Tom DiNapoli

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (D) joined the show to discuss the latest on the state’s pension fund and a new report on the trends in the Medicaid system.

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September 5, 2018: Assembly candidate Don Boyajian

Republican Jake Ashby has been the Assemblymember for his Albany-area district for less than four months but the race for the Democratic nomination to take him on in November is heating up. We met one...

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September 5, 2018: Dr. Charles Driscoll on the Clean Power Plan

The Trump Administration is working to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan with new regulations for power plants. We broke down how the changes will impact the environment and New York with Dr....

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September 5, 2018: Larry Levy on the gubernatorial primary

Larry Levy, Executive Dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra, shared his insights into next Thursday’s statewide primaries.

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September 6, 2018: Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul

With one week left until New Yorkers head to the primary voting booths, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul (D) joined the show to discuss what she hopes to accomplish in a potential second term as the...

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September 6, 2018: Jim Heaney on the upcoming primaries

Jim Heaney, Editor and Executive Director of Investigative Post, shared his analysis of next week’s primaries and the latest happenings at Investigative Post.

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September 6, 2018: Texas v. USA’s impact on the Affordable Care Act

The lawsuit, Texas v USA, could deal a massive blow to key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. We heard from Leonardo Cuello, Director of Health Policy at the National Health Law Program, and Helen...

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