November 21, 2023 - Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, makes the case for updating the rules and regulations governing commercial gestational surrogacy in New York.

November 21, 2023 - Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee Chair Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, makes the case for creating a new layer of government bureaucracy to oversee prisons and jails in New York.

November 20, 2023 - Sen. Dan Stec, a North Country Republican, explains a new law he sponsored that empowers towns to combat invasive animals in their community.

November 20, 2023 - Public Utility Law Project of New York Executive Director Laurie Wheelock makes the case for legislation designed to ensure eligible New Yorkers get heating assistance, including in emergencies.

November 16, 2023 - The state has convened a commission to make recommendations that would improve the delivery of accessible, high-quality health care in New York. We talk with the commission's chair, professor Sherry Glied, about the mandate of the group and how they'll try to tackle their ambitious work.

November 16, 2023 - New Pride Agenda Executive Director Elisa Crespo discusses what the state government is doing - and could be doing - to support transgender New Yorkers.

November 16, 2023 - Environmental Defense Fund director and senior attorney Adam Peltz provides an update on New York's utilization of $25 million in federal funds to secure abandoned gas and oil wells.

November 16, 2023 - David Work, vice president of customer project delivery for the New York Power Authority, explains how the state is hoping to leverage the purchasing power of the New York City Housing Authority to spur induction stove innovation.

November 15, 2023 - Ben Kuebrich, a public advocate for Alliance for a Green Economy, explains how major New York energy utilities are required to develop long-term plans for shrinking their carbon footprint and highlights how the first plan submitted to state regulators falls short of the Empire State's ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals.

November 15, 2023 - New York policymakers have set a goal of conserving 30 percent of the state's land and water by 2030, so a new report from Protect the Adirondacks adds up how much property has been conserved so far and what should come next. We discuss the report with Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks.