Dec. 23, 2025- Politico New York reporter Marie French discusses the significance of the recently adopted state energy plan and what it indicates about the future priorities of the Hochul administration.

Dec. 23, 2025- A new fee from the state Thruway Authority that is scheduled for 2026 is getting pushback from the commercial interests that use New York's super-highway system. We talk about the charge with Darrin Roth, vice president of highway policy with the American Trucking Associations.

Dec. 23, 2025- Jimmy Vielkind, a capitol reporter for Gothamist & WNYC, shares his experience tailing case workers deployed to 9-1-1 calls by the Albany Police Department and considers how this model could be expanded.

Dec. 23, 2025- New York State Energy Research & Development Authority President & CEO Doreen Harris explains how the state's energy plan fits with New York's green energy goals and what the future of offshore wind could look like.

Dec. 22, 2025- Rebecca Zangen, chief policy officer for the Supportive Housing Network for New York, makes the case for greater government investment into services and housing subsidies for New Yorkers who struggle to live independently.

Dec. 22, 2025- Businessman Joseph Hernandez explains why he is hoping to be the Republican state comptroller candidate in 2026 and discusses how he would use the office if elected.

Dec. 19, 2025- Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Lavine, a Long Island Democrat, talks about his legislation designed to address the shortcomings of the state's guardianship system, which is failing elderly New Yorkers.

Dec. 19, 2025- We check in with Zeryai Hagos, executive director of the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, to discuss new rules designed to speed up the permitting of new transmission projects.

Dec. 18, 2025- As New York policymakers consider a pathway to universal child care access, afterschool services will need to make up part of that continuum of care. We discuss an expansion of high-quality afterschool care with Alli Lidie, CEO of New York State Network for Youth Success, and Jenn O'Connor, a consultant specializing in services for working families.

Dec. 18, 2025- Association of School Boards and Business Officials of New York Executive Director Brian Cechnicki talks about state support for school districts to provide services to English Language Learners and how funding might be tweaked.