The Capitol Pressroom

October 16, 2025- Rosaleen Nogle, principal sanitary engineer for Buffalo Sewer Authority, breaks down an agreement with state environmental regulators designed to reduce sewage overflows in Buffalo.

October 15, 2025- Counties are on the hook for ensuring criminal defendants are mentally fit to stand trial, with the competency restoration process being costly and time consuming. We consider reforms to the process, including changing who foots the bill, with Dr. April Aycock, director for the Office of Mental Health in Monroe County, and Laura Kelemen, director of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Niagara County.

October 15, 2025- Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, a Queens Democrat, argues that the state government should get in the business of manufacturing and distributing generic drugs as a more affordable option for New Yorkers.

October 13, 2025- New York's prison population has declined dramatically in the last quarter of a century, but is there a point when society should be concerned that not enough people are held behind bars? We consider that balance and the staffing needs of prisons with Shawn Bushway, a professor for the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at UAlbany.

October 13, 2025- State Sen. Pat Fahy, an Albany Democrat, wants companies to share the expected lifetime of internet-enabled devices with consumers. We also get an update on her campaign to arm New Yorkers with information to repair personal devices, like smartphones and electric wheelchairs.

October 14, 2025- A state watchdog report for 2024 reaffirms past findings that prison officials are failing to implement solitary confinement reforms from 2021 and make sure mental health services are being administered. We discuss the findings, potential changes to the use of solitary confinement and much more with Jennifer Scaife, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York.

October 10, 2025- Assemblymember Chantel Jackson, a Bronx Democrat. talks about her visits to the TikTok offices and shares her thoughts on regulating social media.

October 10, 2025- The union representing police officers at SUNY campuses is looking to standardize and centralize their operations, which they argue will increase efficiency and performance. Our guest is Kurt Nolan, executive director of the PBA of New York State.

October 10, 2025- In the wake of the annual judiciary hearing on improving the delivery of civil legal services in New York, we check in with Adriene Holder, chief attorney of the civil practice for The Legal Aid Society.

October 9, 2025- Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein explains how fare and toll evasion cost the New York City transit system about $1 billion in 2024 and highlight strategies to curtail bad actors in the future.