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January 17, 2019
This week, the State Legislature passed the first pieces of legislation protecting the rights of LGBT+ New Yorkers in eight years with GENDA and a ban on conversion therapy. The Senate sponsor of the bills, Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, shared his thoughts. Read More
January 17, 2019
With attention focused on the potential legalization of recreation marijuana, the Governor is hoping to make a change in the state’s laws regulating tobacco. Julie Hart, New York Director of Government Relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, discussed the impacts of raising the age to purchase tobacco products to 21. Read More
January 17, 2019
It’s been 35 years since the original bottle bill was passed in New York State. This year, the Governor is looking to expand the bottle bill. We heard from two people who played a major role in passing the original bill: Judith Enck, senior advisor at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development at Bennington College and former EPA Region 2 Administrator, and G. Oliver Koppell, principal partner at G. Oliver Koppell & Associates, former State Attorney General and Assemblyman. Read More
January 17, 2019
Many of the progressive issues that are moving their way through the state legislature are due to a change in the composition of Senate Democrats and their increased numbers. We talked about the new Senate Democrats with Michael Kink, Executive Director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition, and Mia Pearlman, co-founder of True Blue NY. Read More
January 16, 2019
Bruce Gyory, senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany, stopped by to break down the Governor’s State of the State and budget address. Read More
January 16, 2019
Governor Cuomo (D) joined the show to discuss his State of the State proposals including his new actions on education. Read More
January 16, 2019
Now that Democrats control both chambers of the legislature for just the second time since Governor Rockefeller, many of the progressive issues that have been stuck in the Assembly are now heading to the Governor’s desk. Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) shared the latest from the very busy Assembly. Read More
January 16, 2019
With their new majority, Democrats have been active as the legislative session kicks off in Albany passing voting reform and LGBT+ protections. We heard from Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) on what the next steps are for the conference. Read More
January 15, 2019
Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County Executive and former Republican gubernatorial nominee, stopped by to share his expectations for the Governor’s speech. Read More
January 15, 2019
We examined a new report on the budget issues the Governor will face in the first year of his third term with Dave Friedfel, Director of State Studies at the Citizens Budget Commission, and Andrew Rein, President of the Citizens Budget Commission. Read More
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