For the final episode of 2025, host David Lombardo talks with Politico New York Albany Bureau Chief Nick Reisman about some of the stories from the last 12 months that will likely reverberate in 2026 and the events that New Yorkers will probably not remember.

They chat about the fallout from the prison strikes, the election law changes that never materialized, restrictions on smartphones in schools and Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature inflation refund checks.

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