Nov. 12, 2024 - Politico New York health care reporter Katelyn Cordero provides an update on the effort to revitalize SUNY Downstate, a teaching hospital in Brooklyn that is running massive deficits and has deteriorating facilities.

Nov. 12, 2024 - Micron has fallen more than a year behind schedule with its construction projects in a Syracuse suburb. We explore what's happening and what the future could look like with Glenn Coin, a reporter with Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard.

Nov. 12, 2024 - Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy compares his election surveys to the actual voting results in 2024. We explore an outlier poll from a respected Iowa pollster, consider how the media should cover polls, and identify areas of improvement.

Nov. 8, 2024 - New York Attorney General Letitia James was dealt a setback this fall in her legal effort to hold Pepsi accountable for its alleged role in plastic pollution in Buffalo. We talk about this stalled lawsuit and where it could go from here with Eugene Welch, a partner with the law firm of Tully Rinckey.

The 2024 elections were a mixed bag for New York Democrats, who reversed the 2022 gains Republicans made in the state’s congressional delegation, but also saw their traditional electorate shrink.

To make sense of the results, as well as the polls leading up to Election Day and where Democrats in the Empire State go from here, we're sharing an excerpt of our Dispatches from Planet Albany with Loren Amor, a senior vice president with BerlinRosen.

Nov. 8, 2024 - Assembly Children and Families Committee Chair Andrew Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, discusses his recent hearing on the statewide central register for reporting child abuse and reflects on how this process can be improved.

Nov. 7, 2024 - Is it time for the 50-year-old Emergency Tenant Protection Act to get a major face lift? We examine an update to the rent control system with Cea Weaver, coalition director for Housing Justice For All.

Nov. 7, 2024 - New York's court system has until late 2027 to set up processes for implementing the Clean Slate Act, so we consider the road ahead with Laura Harshbarger, a labor and employment attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King.

Nov. 6, 2024 - New York Focus reporter Chris Gelardi shares the brief and erratic experience of a commissioner on the state Board of Parole, who was fired by Gov. Kathy Hochul less than a year after she suddenly appointed him.

Nov. 11, 2024 - In advance of regulations taking effect in 2025 that are intended to get more zero-emission trucks on the road in New York, Trucking Association of New York President Kendra Hems is warning of unintended consequences.