April 8, 2025 - The Hochul Administration is now slow playing the release of rules intended to restrict emissions and charge the largest polluters in New York, so they're facing a lawsuit from environmentalists. We explore the case for a faster deployment of the "cap-and-invest" program with Hillary Aidun, a senior associate attorney in the Northeast Regional Office of Earthjustice, which brought the legal challenge.

April 8, 2025 - A bipartisan coalition is looking to rollback a 35-year-old state law that restricted the organ recipient lists that New Yorkers could be placed on. We explore the life-saving benefit of this legislative change with Aisha Tator, executive director of Donate Life New York State.

April 7, 2025 - Community health centers are an important safety net for low-income New Yorkers without access to traditional health care providers, but they're struggling to stay afloat with state Medicaid rates based on two decades ago. We explore this funding problem and other challenges with Rose Duhan, president and CEO of the Community Health Care Association of New York State.

April 7, 2025 - American Farmland Trust New York Policy Manager Julian Mangano discusses how eligibility changes for a school meal reimbursement program could result in more locally purchased food for students.

April 7, 2025 - Robin Chappelle Golston, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, which represents the Planned Parenthood affiliates in New York, shares her group's fiscal and policy agenda for Albany and talks about access to reproductive health care services.

April 7, 2025 - May 7 is when air travelers will need to have enhanced forms of photo identification, so there is a rush in New York to secure a REAL ID or enhanced drivers license. We discuss this transition with Christian Jackstadt, executive deputy commissioner for the State Department of Motor Vehicles

April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Steven Raga, a Queens Democrat, and Assemblymember Karines Reyes, a Bronx Democrat, makes the case for investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Mitchell–Lama housing program and consider potential reforms to this historic affordable housing initiative.

April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Brian Maher, a Hudson Valley Republican, discusses what the state could do to improve its human trafficking prevention efforts and to connect trafficking survivors with needed services.

April 4, 2025 - Assemblymember Emily Gallagher and Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Brooklyn Democrats, explain their legislation that would impose technological restrictions on how fast egregious, repeat speeders could drive in the future.

April 3, 2025 - Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, a Queens Democrat, discusses legislation requiring employers to disclose more information to prospective employees about their potential compensation and benefits beyond the position's salary range.