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March 13, 2026- State Senate Education Committee Chair Shelley Mayer, a Westchester County Democrat, discusses funding for schools, access to pre-k, immigration reform, and the future of the Senate Democratic leadership.
March 13, 2026- Mental Health Association in New York State CEO Glenn Liebman makes the case for investing in a statewide expansion of teen mental health first aid training.
March 13, 2026- We sit down with Zoe Jacobs, who is tasked with leading Gov. Kathy Hochul's effort to cut red tape in state government. The campaign is currently soliciting input from the public.
March 13, 2026- We get to know Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, the state's chief AI officer. We discuss her background, coordinating with state agencies and opportunities to use artificial intelligence.
March 12, 2026- New York State Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley highlights common consumer complaints received by his department's division of consumer protection and identifies steps being taken to address bad actors.
March 12, 2026- State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, a Brooklyn Democrat, shares insights from a recent hearing he led on white-collar crime in New York and offers up potential policy responses. He also foreshadows a deeper investigation into student loan services.
March 12, 2026- State Sen. James Skoufis, an Orange County Democrat, talks about chronic absenteeism, which has become a big problem following the pandemic, and lays out a legislative response.
March 11, 2026- We talk about regulating utilities, providing energy relief to ratepayers and the future of New York's statutory emission reduction goals with Brian Welsch, a vice president at National Fuel, a gas-only utility serving western New York.
March 11, 2026- A 2022 state law designed to prevent the dilution of racial and ethnic minorities in election districts is starting to have real consequences, as municipalities are changing their approach to elections as the result of lawsuits. We talk about the underlying law and the changes its bringing with David Imamura, an attorney promoting the implementation of the measure.
March 11, 2026 - Capitol Confidential author Dan Clark assesses some of the budget priorities of the legislative majorities, including their commitment to raising taxes.
March 10, 2026- A board controlling funds for civil legal services is being undermined by Gov. Kathy Hochul. We discuss the holdup and what it could mean for low-income families with Kristin Brown, president and CEO of the Empire Justice Center.
March 10, 2026- We dive into Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to address car insurance costs, including utilizing the state's excess profit law, with the help of Kaitlin Asrow, acting superintendent for the state Department of Financial Services.
March 10, 2026- New York Charter Schools Association CEO Anna Hall provides an explainer on the role public charter schools play in the Empire State and makes the case for updating how the state funds their operations.
March 9, 2026- We learn about the role community schools play in integrating a variety of services into academic settings. Our guest is Kelly Sperduto, director community schools for the Greece Central School District.
March 9, 2026- The acting head of the state Office of Cannabis Management, John Kagia, talks about his short-term goals and addresses the new seed-to-sale tracking system and the struggling medical marijuana landscape.
March 9, 2026- We chat about the lack of wheelchair accessible rides provided by services like Uber and Lyft. Our guests are Justin Wood and Eman Rimawi-Doster, from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
March 6, 2026 - Agudath Israel of America Director of New York Government Relations Yeruchim Silber speaks out against efforts to change how parents of kids with disabilities in private school access special services.
March 6, 2026 - We examine the Hochul administration's effort to regulate the "buy now, pay later" industry with Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers.
March 6, 2026 - Assembly Energy Committee Chair Didi Barrett, a Hudson Valley
Democrat and Assemblymember John McDonald, a Capital Region Democrat, share a plan for lowering energy costs and consider whether the state's emission goals need to be relaxed.
March 5, 2026- Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee Chair Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, talks about the prison landscape a year after an illegal strike rocked the system and continues to have ramifications for people living and working in correction facilities.
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