August 6, 2024 - Dr. Andrew Talal, a professor at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo and a member of the state's Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force, discusses the ongoing efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat in New York by 2030.

August 6, 2024 - State transportation officials are in the process of implementing a $33 billion, five-year capital plan, but observers worry inflationary pressures may prevent the Hochul administration to completing its planned projects. We discuss this issue with NY Construction Materials Association President & CEO Ron Epstein and Associated General Contractors of New York State President & CEO Mike Elmendorf.

August 7, 2024 - Jeffrey Bennett, general counsel for the union representing actors, singers, and voice performers, talks about legislation designed to ensure New Yorkers have control of their voice and likeness.

August 5, 2024 - The state's program subsidizing the replacement of manufactured homes for low-income New Yorkers could be getting codified and boosting the available grants for recipients, so we examine this initiative with Neil Bendel, owner and manager of Interstate Homes in the Southern Tier.

August 2, 2024 - Debra Pantin, chair of the state's Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board, provides an update on the panel's work, including how they're preparing for diminishing resources to commit to the opioid epidemic.

August 8, 2024 - Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, a Queens Democrat, discusses a bill designed to more accurately collect data about New Yorkers of Middle Eastern and North African descent, who are currently lumped in with "white" people for demographic purposes by the state.

August 2, 2024 - State lawmakers are looking to make it cheaper for energy utilities to pay for storm recovery costs, but the state's former top utility regulator, John Howard, has some words of warning about the idea.

August 2, 2024 - State Board of Elections spokesperson Kathleen McGrath provides an update on the state's public campaign finance program, including changes to the system based on the experience with the primaries

August 1, 2024 - Assemblymember Karines Reyes, a Bronx Democrat, discusses retail worker safety, including tougher criminal penalties and workplace training to avoid violence.

August 1, 2024 - We discuss the governor's plan to close two upstate prisons, and potentially more this year, with Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee Chair Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat.