Capitol Pressroom – WCNY: Recent Episodes
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July 6, 2021 – With the “Conservationist,” New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s outdoors magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer, we talked with department Chief of Staff Sean Mahar about the publication and his long personal history with it.
July 6, 2021 – Adirondack Explorer reporter Gwendolyn Craig discusses her lunch with former Gov. George Pataki and her reporting on a trash controversy in the Adirondacks.
July 6, 2021 – Cecilia Gentili, founder of Transgender Equity Consulting, talks about the financial burdens low-income, transgender New Yorkers face trying to obtain gender affirming surgery and explains what the state could do to make it easier.
July 6, 2021 – Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh shares his vision for spending $123 million in stimulus money his city is receiving through the American Rescue Plan.
July 1, 2021 – Siena College Research Institute pollster Steve Greenberg breaks down their latest polling numbers, including how New Yorkers feel about Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
July 1, 2021 – Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, makes the case for legislation prohibiting some of the governor’s close allies and registered lobbyists from serving in Senate confirmable positions.
July 1, 2021 – New York State Restaurant Association President Melissa Fleischut and Rochester-area restaurateur Kelly Bush discusses the expiration of the state’s “cocktails-to-go” initiative and the frustrating lobbying effort in Albany to continue the program.
July 1, 2021 – Capital District Transportation Authority CEO Carm Basile explains the launch of a regional electric scooter sharing program that is made possible by language adopted in last year’s state budget.