April 23, 2025 - Assemblymember Emérita Torres, a Bronx Democrat, explains her legislation regulating the use of price adjustments informed by consumer data.

April 23, 2025 - New York State Attorney General Letitia James is going after de facto payday lending operations that she claims are engaging in abusive and deceptive practices. Andy Morrison, associate director of the New Economy Project, discusses the attorney general's lawsuit and makes the case for stricter regulations of online financial services.

April 23, 2025 - Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest, a Brooklyn Democrat, talks about why kids in foster care need to be provided with luggage. The thousands of kids in the system without luggage, and how the problem could be addressed, was recently explored by The Imprint.

April 22, 2025 - New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang discusses a recent report on workers' compensation fraud investigations in 2024, which led to an increase in arrests and recovered payouts.

April 22, 2025 - New York State Association of Counties Executive Director Stephen Acquario calls on state policymakers to stop siphoning off funds intended for New York's 9-1-1 system in order to pay for critical upgrades to the emergency network.

April 21, 2025 - We get an update on the Trump administration's decision to take control of the long-stalled overhaul of Penn Station, Our guest, Stephen Nessen, a transportation reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, explains what had been happening under the Metropolitan Transit Authority and identifies some of the big questions moving forward.

April 21, 2025 - State Senator Rachel May, a Syracuse Democrat, and Assembly Member Alex Bores, a Manhattan Democrat, make the case for allowing a handful of municipalities to transition how they tax land in an attempt to promote growth and shift the local tax burden.

April 21, 2025 - Antony Gemmell, supervising attorney with the Prisoners' Rights Project at the Legal Aid Society, discusses a lawsuit against the Hochul Administration's pause on parts of a state law restricting the use of solitary confinement in New York prisons.

April 18, 2025 - New York League of Conservation Voters President Julie Tighe responds to the Trump administration hitting pause on the construction of an offshore wind project along Long Island that was expected to be in operation next year and power about 500,000 homes.

April 18, 2025 - In order to improve the processing of sex offense evidence, legislation has been introduced to ensure that rape kits processed at hospitals are part of a statewide tracking system and are addressed by law enforcement in a timely manner. Our guest is Ilse Knecht, director of policy and advocacy at the Joyful Heart Foundation.