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October 20, 2025- The state attorney general’s office is supposed to offer a pathway for exonerating New Yorkers held behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, but reporting in New York Focus suggests the convictions review bureau hasn’t lived up to its billing. We discuss the shortcomings of this initiative with investigative reporters Willow Higgins and Curtis Brodner. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https:/...

October 20, 2025- Rockefeller Institute of Government Senior Fellow for Health Policy Courtney Burke discusses the administration of New York’s Medicaid program and how it could be improved. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=tr...

October 20, 2025- In response to the Trump administration weakening federal safeguards against white-collar crime and corruption, Democrats in Albany want to make sure their state guardrails aren’t undermined. We talk about updating a 2023 law promoting LLC transparency with Tom Speaker, legislative director for Reinvent Albany. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730...

October 17, 2025- The state agency responsible for overseeing permitting in the Adirondacks has a new leader, so we explore the transition with Gwen Craig, a Capitol reporter for the Adirondack Explorer. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&amp...

October 17, 2025- Assemblymember Patrick Burke, a Buffalo-area Democrat, shares insights from a recent hearing on medicinal uses of Psilocybin, which can be found in "magic mushrooms," and offers his vision for future state regulation. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&...

October 17, 2025- Assemblymember Sarah Clark, a Rochester-area Democrat, makes the case for changing the definition of a toddler under state law to make child care more accessible in New York. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=...

October 17, 2025- Assemblymember Jonathan Rivera, a Buffalo Democrat, discusses his legislation that would reshape the judicial districts in New York, including carving out districts for Onondaga, Erie, and Monroe counties. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_imag...

October 16, 2025- New York State Higher Education Services Corporation President Guillermo Linares talks about free college applications, modernizing his office, and expanded access to financial assistance for higher education. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_...

October 16, 2025- Driverless cars may be the future, but when will that future arrive in New York and what will it look like? We discuss the campaign to promote and regulate autonomous vehicles with Brianna January, director of state and local government relations in the northeast for the Chamber of Progress. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hid...

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 Su...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=sho...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=true&hide-likes=true&amp...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=tru...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_...

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. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_im...

October 9, 2025- Joshua Norkin was tapped this spring to lead the New York Authorities Budget Office, an obscure agency overseeing hundreds of quasi-governmental authorities all over the state. We talk about his new role and his oversight plans. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image...

October 9, 2025- A massive piece of property in the Adirondacks that has long been coveted by conservationist is in the process of changing hands, so there is renewed pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to secure at least some of the land for preservation. We discuss the issue with Claudia Braymer, executive director of Protect The Adirondacks. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episod...

October 8, 2025- Raj Goyle, a former Kansas state lawmaker and co-chair of a New York City think tank, explains why he's looking to take on state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in the Democratic primary next year. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right...

October 8, 2025- In an excerpt from Dispatches from Planet Albany, we explore how advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities are hoping to wield more clout at the Capitol. Our guest is Mike Schweinsburg, president of the 504 Democratic club, which endorsed Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado's bid for governor. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&play...

October 8, 2025- It's the 200th birthday of the Erie Canal, so we're exploring how this milestone is being celebrated and what's in store for the future of the system with Rebecca Hughes, executive deputy director of the New York State Canal Corporation. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapt...

October 8, 2025- State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, a Brooklyn Democrat, weighs in on proposed rules from the state attorney general's office to implement his legislation designed to keep the most addictive features of social media away from kids. ESCUCHAR RADIO  👉https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=70730354&theme=light&playlist=show&playlist-continuous=true&chapters-image=tru...