April 11, 2025 - Assembly Children and Families Committee Chair Andrew Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, discusses what he's hoping to get inserted into the final state budget to help working families.
April 11, 2025 - Emily Eisner, chief economist with the Fiscal Policy Institute, discusses the various ideas on how to tackle the extra billions of dollars that businesses have been asked to pay as a result of unprecedented unemployment benefits paid out five years ago.
April 11, 2025 - The state budget adopted in 2024 included a much needed rate increase for early intervention providers, but that support hasn't been realized and the Hochul administration has implemented cuts to reimbursements, according to Brigit Hurley, chief program officer for The Children's Agenda.
April 11, 2025 - Democrats in the state legislature claim they're relatively powerless in the budget process compared to the governor, but is that the case? We debunk some of the common misconceptions about making the budget with EJ McMahon, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
April 10, 2025 - Assemblymember Gabriella Romero, a Capital Region Democrat and former public defender, argues against an effort by Gov. Kathy Hochul and prosecutors to amend the state's evidentiary disclosure laws, which underwent major changes in 2019.
April 10, 2025 - Assemblymember Steve Otis, a Westchester County Democrat, makes the case for creating a rebate that would incentivize the purchase of electric lawn care equipment.
April 10, 2025 - State environmental regulators are delaying enforcement of rules promoting the sale of electric trucks and state lawmakers also want to pause the system. We consider the future of this environmental proposal with Ryan Gallentine, a managing director with the trade association Advanced Energy United.
April 10, 2025 - Assemblymember Micah Lasher, a Manhattan Democrat, discusses his legislation establishing a framework for New York to withhold payments to the federal government if the Trump administration withholds state funds in violation of a court order.
April 9, 2025 - The Imprint senior reporter Michael Fitzgerald exposes the prescribing of psychotropic drugs to foster youth and explains how little information is publicly available in New York about these practices.
April 9, 2025 - We discuss legislation requiring schools craft plans for a cardiac event with Kaweeda Adams, former superintendent for Albany City School District, and Matt Hickling, medical director in the Lansingburgh Central School District.
April 9, 2025 - Some Democratic state lawmakers are looking to ban flavored nicotine pouches, so we consider the proposal with Dr. Brian Erkkila, director of regulatory science at Swedish Match, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International, which makes the ZYN brand pouches.
April 9, 2025 - Jacqueline Franchetti, founder of Kyra’s Champions, makes the case for Kyra's Law, which would impose new training standards for family court judges and promote child safety in custody cases.
April 8, 2025 - We explore why out-of-state marijuana products are ending up on the shelves of licensed retailers in New York and consider how state regulators should respond. Our guest is John Vavalo, president of the Association of New York Cannabis Processors.
April 8, 2025 - The Hochul Administration is now slow playing the release of rules intended to restrict emissions and charge the largest polluters in New York, so they're facing a lawsuit from environmentalists. We explore the case for a faster deployment of the "cap-and-invest" program with Hillary Aidun, a senior associate attorney in the Northeast Regional Office of Earthjustice, which brought the legal challenge.
April 8, 2025 - A bipartisan coalition is looking to rollback a 35-year-old state law that restricted the organ recipient lists that New Yorkers could be placed on. We explore the life-saving benefit of this legislative change with Aisha Tator, executive director of Donate Life New York State.
April 7, 2025 - American Farmland Trust New York Policy Manager Julian Mangano discusses how eligibility changes for a school meal reimbursement program could result in more locally purchased food for students.
April 7, 2025 - Community health centers are an important safety net for low-income New Yorkers without access to traditional health care providers, but they're struggling to stay afloat with state Medicaid rates based on two decades ago. We explore this funding problem and other challenges with Rose Duhan, president and CEO of the Community Health Care Association of New York State.
April 7, 2025 - Robin Chappelle Golston, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, which represents the Planned Parenthood affiliates in New York, shares her group's fiscal and policy agenda for Albany and talks about access to reproductive health care services.
April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Steven Raga, a Queens Democrat, and Assemblymember Karines Reyes, a Bronx Democrat, makes the case for investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Mitchell–Lama housing program and consider potential reforms to this historic affordable housing initiative.
April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Emily Gallagher and Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Brooklyn Democrats, explain their legislation that would impose technological restrictions on how fast egregious, repeat speeders could drive in the future.
April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Brian Maher, a Hudson Valley Republican, discusses what the state could do to improve its human trafficking prevention efforts and to connect trafficking survivors with needed services.
April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Phil Steck, a Capital Region Democrat, talks about legislation allowing parents with medically fragile children to be paid for providing their children with home care if they obtain minimum training.
April 3, 2025 - Assemblymember Alex Bores has proposed safeguards on the most cutting edge developments of artificial intelligence technology, but the tech industry is pushing back on this type of government regulations. We hear some of those concerns from Todd O'Boyle, vice president of technology policy at the Chamber of Progress.
April 3, 2025 - Matthew Dunbar, chief strategy officer for the New York City and Westchester County affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, explains legislation enabling rental properties to be transitioned to condominiums to facilitate affordable homeownership.
April 3, 2025 - The existing power producers in New York don't want the state's utilities to get into the energy generation business, so they formed a coalition to oppose this authority. We explore this opposition with Gavin Donohue, president and chief executive officer of the Independent Power Producers of New York, and Marguerite Wells, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York.
April 3, 2025 - Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, a Queens Democrat, discusses legislation requiring employers to disclose more information to prospective employees about their potential compensation and benefits beyond the position's salary range.
April 2, 2025 - Reinvent Albany Senior Policy Advisor Rachael Fauss makes the case for bills to improve access to public records, including comprehensive tracking of records requests to state agencies.
April 1, 2025 - New York has ambitious green energy goals, but do policymakers need to smooth out the transition? We examine the future rule of fossil fuels in New York with Kris DeLair, executive director of the Empire State Energy Association, and Peter McHenry, director of terminal operations for Sprague Energy.
April 1, 2025 - State Sen. Shelley Mayer, a Westchester County Democrat, wants to overhaul the state Public Service Commission and reform the way energy utility bills are set in order to control costs for ratepayers in New York.
April 2, 2025 - In response to a campaign by construction unions and Democratic state lawmakers to lower the threshold for imposing lucrative wage and benefit requirements on projects receiving public funds, business interests are urging legislative leaders to preserve the status quo. We hear the argument against expanding prevailing wage from John Ravitz, executive vice president for the Business Council of Westchester.
