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Dispatches from Planet Albany

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Dispatches from Planet Albany is brought to you by David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The weekly conversations are a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

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Budget theater begins final act 24.03.2023 26:49

This week the "Mothership" landed in Albany, a statewide media campaign ramped up its support of the governor's budget, and activists got loud at the Capitol. We break down all these developments with Shontell Smith , co-head of the New York practice for Tusk Strategies, and Rebecca Garrard , legislative director for Citizen Action of New York.

And then there were three budget proposals 17.03.2023 25:44

This week - with the introduction and adoption of one-house budget resolutions - the Democratic majorities staked out their positions in the upcoming budget debates with Gov. Kathy Hochul. To consider whether these proposals represent a seismic event at the Capitol and where the governor is going to draw lines in the metaphorical budget sand, we spoke with Shontell Smith , co-head of the New York...

No clear center of gravity at the Capitol 10.03.2023 25:05

The political landscape in Albany has changed dramatically in recent years, so who is controlling the state government levers of power in 2023? To answer that question and consider how efficiently power is being wielded at the Capitol, we're joined by Shontell Smith , co-head of the New York practice for Tusk Strategies, and Rebecca Garrard , legislative director for Citizen Action of New York. W...

Introducing Dispatches from Planet Albany 24.02.2023 2:06

Welcome to Dispatches from Planet Albany, the latest podcast experiment from David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom . The show will consist of weekly conversations that are (supposed to be) a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxious...