Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Podcast by WCNY
Twitter:
@CapPressRoom
Language:
English
Contact:
5184492672
Episodes
Senate environmental leader talks budget and end of session
5/2/2024
May 2, 2024 - Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Pete Harckham, a Westchester County Democrat, discusses the environmental proposals that did (and didn't) make it into the final budget and outlines some priorities for the remainder of the session.
Duración:00:13:59
Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan talks budget
5/2/2024
May 2, 2024 - New York Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan talks about the mental health portion of the state budget, including what it means for the non-profit workforce and mental health needs of kids.
Duración:00:18:00
Budget Director Blake Washington talks adopted budget
5/2/2024
May 2, 2024 - New York State Budget Director Blake Washington discusses the recently adopted state budget, including the MCO tax, financial transparency, and education aid.
Duración:00:22:18
New York policymakers target 'squatting'
5/1/2024
May 1, 2024 - State Senator John Liu, a Queens Democrat, talks about language in the state budget designed to protect property owners against so-called squatters.
Duración:00:12:29
Assembly Aging Chair Ron Kim discusses adopted budget
5/1/2024
May 1, 2024 - Assembly Aging Committee Chair Ron Kim, a Queens Democrat, discusses the funding for elder services, oversight of nursing homes, and other budget issues impacting seniors.
Duración:00:13:59
Assembly Banks Chair Pamela Hunter discusses priorities
5/1/2024
May 1, 2024 - Assembly Banks Committee Chair Pamela Hunter, a Syracuse Democrat, makes the case for regulating the evolving "buy now, pay later" industry and discusses financial legislative goals for 2024.
Duración:00:23:48
State's offshore wind goals dealt major setback
4/30/2024
April 30, 2024 - The development of New York's offshore wind portfolio was dealt a setback in April, as three projects were scrapped as the result of supply chain issues. We break down these developments, including the state's solicitation of new offshore projects, with Fred Zalcman, director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance.
Duración:00:13:59
State budget makes minor updates to alcohol laws
4/30/2024
April 30, 2024 - We consider changes to New York's alcohol laws in the state budget and unfinished business with Scott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association.
Duración:00:13:59
State budget adds medical debt protections
4/29/2024
April 29, 2024 - Community Service Society of New York Vice President of Health Initiatives Elisabeth Benjamin breaks down language in the state budget designed to curtail medical debt and expand access to financial assistance from hospitals.
Duración:00:13:59
Rural county eyes universal high-speed internet access
4/29/2024
April 29, 2024 - We highlight a rural community outside the Capital Region that is competing for funds to expand local internet access. Schoharie County Administrator Korsah Akumfi discusses the steps being taken to realize 100 percent connectivity.
Duración:00:12:29
Embracing food as medicine in New York
4/25/2024
April 25, 2024 - As part of an effort to address chronic conditions with healthy foods, Democratic lawmakers are pushing for Medicaid coverage of medically tailored meals. We explore the merits of this idea with Karen Pearl, chair of the Food is Medicine Coalition and special advisor to God's Love We Deliver.
Duración:00:13:59
New York embarks on AI development gambit
4/25/2024
April 25, 2024 - Is New York going to be the next leader in artificial intelligence research? State policymakers hope so. Bloomberg Government Albany reporter Zach Williams explains the state's expensive bet on "Empire AI."
Duración:00:13:59
Hochul's housing czar discusses budget deal
4/25/2024
April 25, 2024 - NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas discusses the state budget, including language designed to promote new home construction and increase tenant protections.
Duración:00:22:18
Understanding the work of New York's utility regulator
4/24/2024
April 24, 2024 - The state's Public Service Commission has a very important role, but do New Yorker understand what's going on? We explore how to make the work of the state regulator more accessible and comprehensible with Laurie Wheelock, executive director of the Public Utility Law Project of New York.
Duración:00:09:49
The pathway to closing hospitals in New York
4/24/2024
April 24, 2024 - As the general counsel for the Berger Commission, Mark Ustin, a healthcare regulatory lawyer and lobbyist with Farrell Fritz, has firsthand knowledge about efforts to close and merge hospitals in New York, so we have him weigh in on efforts by Democratic state lawmakers to make it more difficult to shutter facilities.
Duración:00:13:59
The challenge of annual upkeep for cemeteries
4/24/2024
April 24, 2024 - New York State Association of Cemeteries Legislative Director David Fleming talks about the challenge of maintaining the state's non-profit cemeteries and highlights a statewide cleanup effort.
Duración:00:12:29
Assembly Higher Ed chair unpacks state budget
4/24/2024
April 24, 2024 - Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Patricia Fahy, an Albany-area Democrat, discusses the recently adopted state budget, including tuition assistance for students and aid for public colleges and universities.
Duración:00:13:59
PFAS ban proposed for everyday products
4/23/2024
April 23, 2024 - With the Biden administration adopting new drinking water regulations for PFAS, Kate Donovan, northeast director of environmental health for the Natural Resources Defense Council, wants state policymakers to do more to limit PFAS in everyday products.
Duración:00:13:59
Fiscal Policy Institute weighs in on state's budget priorities
4/23/2024
April 23, 2024 - Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Nathan Gusdorf weighs in on the topline spending figures in the new state budget and argues that New York could have spent more given inflation.
Duración:00:13:59
Poll asks about asylum seekers, marijuana sales, and congestion pricing
4/23/2024
April 23, 2024 - Siena College Research Institute pollster Steve Greenberg talks about a new survey of New York voters, which examined the asylum seeker crisis, illegal marijuana sales, and congestion pricing.
Duración:00:10:28