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• Mar. 10, 2014: Encore of Feb. 13, 2014

  March 10, 2014

  Encore of Feb. 13, 2014 Susan Arbetter discusses the latest fracking and natural gas storage developments in New York  State with Under the Surface author Tom Wilber, attorneys Tom West and Chris Denton, and Gas Free Seneca’s Joseph Campbell. Read More

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• ‘Capitol Pressroom Weekend’

  March 9, 2014

  Catch up on The Capitol Pressroom highlights from the March 3 to March 7. Read More

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• March 7, 2014: WS and Ls, Ken Lovett and Rick Karlin, Michael Kink and Sara Niccoli, Tim Kremer

  March 7, 2014

  Mr. Matt Hamilton shares City and State’s Winners and Losers of the Week. Our reporter roundtable returns with NY Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett and Albany Times Union veteran capitol reporter Rick Karlin. A coalition of progressive groups is declaring winners and losers in the Governor’s executive budget. Michael Kink of the Strong […] Read More

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• Mar. 6, 2014: Rob Astorino, Glenn Blain, Tracey Brooks, Heather Briccetti, Gov. Cuomo

  March 6, 2014

  Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino on his run for governor. Glenn Blain of the New York Daily News provides analysis. President of Family Planning Advocates of New York State discusses Astorino’s candidacy and pending Supreme Court cases. The Business Council’s Heather Briccetti explains the Common Core’s value for employers. Gov. Cuomo discusses charter schools, jobs, […] Read More

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• Mar. 5, 2014: Sen. Savino, Mayor Miner, Sen. Griffo, Larry Levy

  March 5, 2014

  The IDC’s Senator Diane Savino on the budget priorities and the expansion of her conference. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Rob Astorino’s gubernatorial candidacy and New York’s infrastructure needs. Utica Republican Joe Griffo wants to re-design how members of the Board of Regents are elected. Long time journalist Larry Levy, Executive Dean of Hofstra’s National […] Read More

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• Mar. 4, 2014: Sen. Robach, afterschool, the Farm Bureau’s Dean Norton, NYCOM’s Peter Baynes

  March 4, 2014

  </audio Senator Joe Robach, the newly minted Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee discusses transportation issues, property taxes and education. While bus loads of education advocates are traveling to Albany today to push for everything from pre-K to more charter schools, we speak to Dr. Nora Niedzielski-Eichner, Executive Director of the New York State Afterschool […] Read More

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• Mar. 3, 2014: Ron Deutsch, Bill Phillips, pesticides, Scaffold Law

  March 3, 2014

  A coalition of clergy, community groups, students, labor and activists are pushing back against the Governor’s budget saying it’s focused too heavily on tax cuts.  We discuss the coalition’s media campaign with Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness. New York City charter schools are not getting the support they had been […] Read More

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• Feb. 28, 2014: Gov. Cuomo, Jon Lentz, Michael Burgess, Enviros, New York State Bar Association

  February 28, 2014

  Jon Lentz of City & State shares the week’s Winners and Losers. Michael Burgess, Advocacy Director of the American Cancer Society, on session priorities. Gov. Cuomo weighs in on charter schools and teacher evaluations. The Nature Conservancy’s Chief of Government Relations for NYS, Jessica Ottney Mahar, and the Adirondack Council’s John Sheehan on the former Finch […] Read More

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• Feb. 27, 2014: Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Constitution Pipeline, Bob Bellafiore and Steve Greenberg

  February 28, 2014

  With the defection of Queens State Senator Tony Avella from the mainstream Democratic conference to the IDC, the long-hoped-for (among Dems, at least) unification of the Democrats in that chamber now has less of a chance of becoming reality. We discuss the situation with the leader of the mainstream Democrats, Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Two perspectives […] Read More

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• Feb. 26, 2014: Asm. Lentol, Bruce Gyory, pharmacy worries, higher education

  February 26, 2014

  Chairman of the Assembly Codes Committee Joseph Lentol on passage of the Dream Act in the Assembly and the Unjust Imprisonment Act. Bruce Gyory of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips discusses the legislative calendar’s “half-time”. DOH is about implement a new pricing scheme that will affect pharmacy reimbursement rates. Two pharmacy advocates will join us with […] Read More

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The Capitol Pressroom is a daily one-hour radio program broadcast from the Legislative Correspondents Association Pressroom on the third floor of the State Capitol in Albany. The show features  interviews with important newsmakers.

It also features analysis from seasoned political reporters who work the Albany beat for newspapers and wire services around the state including The New York Times, Newsday, the Albany Times, Union, Gannett News Service and the Associated Press.

The Capitol Pressroom Weekend, is a one-hour show filled with the week’s best interview segments from The Capitol Pressroom. It airs Sundays at 6 a.m. on WQXW in Ossining, NY.

Host Susan Arbetter is an award-winning broadcast journalist who brings more than 15 years of experience to the Pressroom as an Albany correspondent.

The Capitol Pressroom airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on WCNY-FM and can be streamed online right here at that time.

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