This week at the historic racecourse, meet Dave O'Rourke, the new President and CEO of the New York Racing Association. NYRA's leadership in the last decade has had its share of issues. O'Rourke replaces Christopher Kay who resigned amid reports that he used NYRA employees to do maintenance work at his Saratoga Springs home.

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Catch up with Presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand this week in the all-important state of New Hampshire, which is always the first primary for presidential candidates. She spent seven days in the Granite State, where she is also polling at less than one percent, visiting all ten counties in hopes of boosting her candidacy.

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H. Carl McCall was the first African-American elected to a statewide office when he ran for comptroller and the first to be nominated by a major party for governor. This weekend on the program, he looks back on his time in Albany as a politician, his battle with Andrew Cuomo for the party's gubernatorial nod in 2002, and growing up on welfare in Boston in the 1940's.

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It took an extra day, but the state legislative session has officially ended for 2019.

This week Jon Campbell of the USA Today Network joins us to analyze what was approved in the final days and what got left out and why. 

Have you ever been driving along and seen an old and what looks like an abandoned cemetery?  Have you ever wondered who's responsible?  There's a good chance it's your local town and it's becoming an increasing problem for many municipalities.

Our feature story this week looks at the problem and what communities are facing from a financial perspective to upkeep these hallowed grounds.

Also, an expanded Reporters Roundtable featuring Josefa Velasquez of The City, Jimmy Vielkind of the Wall Street Journal and Karen DeWitt from New York State Public Radio analyze a wild week of news. 

Join us on your local PBS station this weekend.

Former Congress members John Faso and Claudia Tenney were not fans of town halls, which in the past for some representatives across the country could turn into viral videos that were unflattering.

When their opponents, Anthony Brindisi and Antonio Delgado, beat them in 2018 the new members said they hold more of them. So far in 2019, they're living up to the promise. 

We traveled to Herkimer County in Central New York and the Schoharie Valley to see how the Congressmen are making use of the town halls and what questions they are facing from constituents.

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This week, examine the first hearing for the New York Health Act, legislation that would create a state-run, single-payer health care system. Also, the Business Council ruffled some feathers with Republicans for supporting a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a standard driver's license. Finally, will Andrew Cuomo really run for a fourth term? He says that's the plan.

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