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January 21, 2021
Jan. 21, 2021 – The Governor is now backing mobile sports betting in New York which could help fill the state’s budget gap. Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Queens), chair of the Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering, weighed in on the issue. Read More
January 21, 2021
Jan. 21 2021 – We got an update on the state’s plastic bag ban from Liz Moran, Environmental Policy Director at the New York Public Interest Research Group. Read More
January 21, 2021
Jan. 21, 2021 – What does the Governor’s budget proposal mean for human services nonprofits in New York? We asked Michelle Jackson, Executive Director of the Human Services Council, when she joined the program. Read More
January 21, 2021
Jan. 21, 2021 – Sen. Brian Benjamin (D-Harlem), chair of the Senate’s Budget and Revenue Committee, shared his thoughts on the Governor’s budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. Read More
January 20, 2021
Jan. 20, 2021 – Steve Greenberg, Siena College pollster, came back with the latest Siena poll results which took a look at the outgoing President’s favorability ratings and more. Read More
January 20, 2021
Jan. 20, 2021 – Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers), chair of the Senate Education Committee, weighed in on the Governor’s budget proposal and what it means for New York’s schools and students. Read More
January 20, 2021
Jan 20, 2021 – What does the road ahead look like for the Assembly Transportation Committee? We found out when Asm. Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) joined the program. Read More
January 20, 2021
Jan. 20, 2021 – On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo outlined his budget proposal which is due by April 1st. EJ McMahon, Senior Fellow and Founder at the Empire Center for Public Policy, made sense of the numbers behind it. Read More
January 19, 2021
Jan. 19, 2021 – Joe Martens, Director of the NY Offshore Wind Alliance, discussed the Governor’s proposal to expand New York’s wind energy portfolio. Read More
January 19, 2021
Jan. 19, 2021 – Robert Rosborough, Litigation Partner at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna and writer of the New York Appeals blog, joined us with analysis of the latest legal issues in the Empire State. Read More
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January 15, 2021
Senate Democrats are scheduled to pass legislation Tuesday that would impose new regulations on third-party delivery services, such as Uber Eats and Doordash. Bills that would cap the fees delivery companies charge restaurants during the pandemic – as well as the immediate aftermath – and require the delivery companies to have written agreements with restaurants they want to work with are poised to make their way through the Senate’s committee process on Tuesday and are expected to get a floor vote later that day, according to a senate spokesman. Read More
January 14, 2021
Support is growing in the state Legislature for a measure that would enable terminally-ill, mentally-competent New Yorkers to legally end their own lives, but the votes aren’t there yet for passage in the Assembly, according to one of the bill’s sponsors. “I don’t know if it’s something that’s necessarily going to pass the Assembly this year, but I think that if anytime this would be the time in which we’re closer to moving it,” Assemblymember Karines Reyes, a sponsor of the “Medical Aid in Dying Act,” told The Capitol Pressroom. Read More
January 6, 2021
A state-commissioned study on New York’s gambling landscape, which would likely be used to justify a significant gambling expansion, is now seven months overdue. The report by Spectrum Gaming Group was due on June 1, but the deadline was extended by the state Gaming Commission in order to gauge the full impact of the pandemic on existing gambling operations and its implications on future gambling options, including mobile sports betting and an accelerated development of downstate casinos. A draft report was submitted to the state in the spring of 2020, but it has not been made public. Read More
January 5, 2021
Freshman Sen. Michelle Hinchey is getting a plum committee assignment in her first year on the job. The Ulster County Democrat has been named chair of the chamber’s agriculture committee by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, according to the party’s roster of committee chair assignments, which are largely unchanged since the Democrats assumed the majority in 2019. Hinchey takes over for Jen Metzger, who narrowly lost her seat in November. Read More
January 4, 2021
2020 wasn’t just about watching television. There were movies last year too, even though I didn’t see any in theaters. Here’s a (pretty) comprehensive list of my at-home cinematic experiences from the last 12 months. Read More
December 30, 2020
Why has the state’s commissioner of agriculture and markets been silent about future overtime rules for farmworkers? Who is writing a final report for the Farm Laborers Wage Board? What will board members vote on during their final meeting on Thursday? Those are just some of the questions plaguing David Fisher, president of the New York Farm Bureau, who sits on the three-member wage board that is scheduled to issue recommendations on Thursday that will likely determine when overtime kicks in for farmworkers in the future. Read More
December 30, 2020
Where does the time go? Well, apparently in 2020, I spent most of it on our living room sectional wondering about the fate of Carole Baskin’s first husband, getting pumped to play chess and imagining life as a vampire. Here is a list of the good, the bad and the Billy Joel dance number that I watched over the last 12 months on my television. Read More
December 29, 2020
When state lawmakers convene for a new legislative session next month, one of their first tasks could be creating a new program to distribute about $1.3 billion in federal rent relief included in the recently enacted pandemic stimulus package. “I’m very much committed to making sure that that happens,” Sen. Brian Kavanagh, chair of the chamber’s housing committee, told The Capitol Pressroom. Read More
November 18, 2020
One of the unresolved questions about a potential COVID-19 vaccine, which is likely months away from mass distribution, is whether a vaccination will be necessary for New Yorkers working in professions directly interacting with the public. For instance, should adults in schools be required to get vaccinated for the novel coronavirus? And that’s the question we posed on Wednesday’s episode of The Capitol Pressroom to Andy Pallotta, president of New York State United Teachers, which is an underwriter of the show. “I think our folks are looking at that question right now,” Pallotta said. “Our membership throughout the state has many opinions on this, and we will be discussing these opinions with (the) NYSUT board of directors and also our leaders, our local leaders throughout the state.” Read More
November 12, 2020
Don’t bet on the state senate to convene in Albany before the end of the year. Speaking Thursday on The Capitol Pressroom, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said there is no “definitive plan” to pass any bills before the new legislature is convened in 2021 for its regular schedule. Rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers have been clamoring this fall for an opportunity to pass legislation addressing the pandemic and take steps to generate additional state revenue. Read More