Capitol Pressroom offentlig
[search 0]
Flere
Download appen!
show episodes
 
Loading …
show series
 
March 26, 2025 - Small claims courts are supposed to be a forum to quickly and cheaply resolve legal matters, but in some of New York's most populated counties justice can be a lengthy wait. New York Public Interest Research Group staff attorney Kyle Giller explains why there are delays and how they could be addressed.…
  continue reading
 
March 25, 2025 - A group of mobile home park residents in Western New York have taken their property manager to court arguing a 2023 rent increase violates the guidelines written into state law in 2019. Our guests are Maribeth Sheedy, a resident of Akron Mobile Home Park and lawsuit plaintiff, and Robert Friedman, the plaintiff attorney.…
  continue reading
 
March 25, 2025 - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is hoping that Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats in the state legislature can reach a consensus in budget negotiations on billions in additional capital funding for the downstate transit system. Our guest is Jamie Torres-Springer, president of construction and development for the MTA.…
  continue reading
 
March 24, 2025 - A pilot program in Buffalo is trying to address the underlying problems that lead young people to frequently flee their homes. We talk about the coordinated response with David Mann, who works in the Special Victims Unit of the Buffalo Police Department and is a board member with BestSelf Behavioral Health.…
  continue reading
 
March 14, 2025 - Construction unions and their allies in the state legislature are hoping to rewrite the laws governing the application of prevailing wage, pushing language that would expand when it applies and eliminating an obscure review board. We discuss this legislative campaign with Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction T…
  continue reading
 
March 20, 2025 - Businesses paying credit card fees are hoping the state will prohibit tacking these costs on to sales taxes and gratuities. We explore these concerns with Ashley Ranslow, state director in New York for NFIB, and Mike Durant, president & CEO of the Food Industry Alliance of New York State.…
  continue reading
 
March 19, 2025 - The administration transition of the state Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program is scheduled to be done at the end of March, but most stakeholders say the process won't be completed on time. We explore why and what that could mean with Ilana Berger, New York political director for Caring Majority Rising.…
  continue reading
 
March 18, 2025 - The state's domestic violence services could be thrown into disarray by funding cuts at the federal level. We explore how the state should boost its services to survivors of domestic violence with Joan Gerhardt, director of public policy and advocacy for the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.…
  continue reading
 
March 18, 2025 - The state's commercial ambulance providers want a multi-million dollar investment in Medicaid rates to keep up with the growing costs of providing their life-saving services. We discuss this campaign with Bryan Brauner, CEO of Twin City Ambulance in Western New York and head of the legislative committee for the United New York Ambu…
  continue reading
 
March 12, 2025 - The largest public safety net hospital on Long Island, the Nassau University Medical Center, is warning that they might have to shut their doors without additional millions from the state. The center's CEO, Megan Ryan, joins the program to discuss the institution's financial conditions and the path forward.…
  continue reading
 
March 12, 2025 - Progressive tenant advocates and state lawmakers want to expand the pathways for municipalities to demonstrate a housing emergency that would let them participate in rent stabilization regulations. We hear concerns about this proposal from Richard Lanzarone, executive director of the Hudson Valley Property Owners Association.…
  continue reading
 
March 7, 2025 - State Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee Chair, Joe Addabbo, a Queens Democrat, discusses the evolving world of gambling in New York, including expanding and restricting sports gambling bets, regulating betting markets on non-sports, and increasing aid for gambling addiction services.…
  continue reading
 
March 7, 2025 - What would Micron get? That's the question that Ken Girardin, research director at the Empire Center for Public Policy, thinks smalls businesses should ask when they're looking for incentives to grow, in light of the local and state sweeteners deployed to attract the high-tech manufacturing company to central New York.…
  continue reading
 
Loading …

Hurtig referencevejledning

Lyt til dette show, mens du udforsker
Afspil