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January 20, 2019
Guests Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) Bruce Gyory, senior strategist at Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips and adjunct professor of political science at UAlbany Read More
January 18, 2019
Residents of the Akron Mobile Home Park have been left on uneasy ground after the purchase of the park by a Florida investment firm. Today, we heard from two of the residents, Gail Travers, Trustee of the Akron Mobile Home Park Tenant’s Association, and Maribeth Sheedy, President of the Akron Mobile Home Park Tenant’s Association, on the issues they’ve faced. Read More
January 18, 2019
Steve Greenberg, pollster for the Siena College Research Institute, stopped by with the organization’s latest polling results. Read More
January 18, 2019
Who are this week’s winner and losers? Zach Williams, reporter at City and State, crowned them all. Then, we took a look back at the week that was with Joe Spector, Albany Bureau Chief for the USA Today Network. Read More
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
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