The Capitol Pressroom
A WCNY Radio Production
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New state energy plan irks environmentalists
Dec. 23, 2025- Politico New York reporter Marie French discusses the significance of the recently adopted state energy plan and what it indicates about the future priorities of the Ho... Dec 23, 2025
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Backlash to new administrative fee for thruway toll management
Dec. 23, 2025- A new fee from the state Thruway Authority that is scheduled for 2026 is getting pushback from the commercial interests that use New York's super-highway system. We tal... Dec 23, 2025
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Albany deploys case workers to assist in 9-1-1 calls
Dec. 23, 2025- Jimmy Vielkind, a capitol reporter for Gothamist & WNYC, shares his experience tailing case workers deployed to 9-1-1 calls by the Albany Police Department and consider... Dec 23, 2025
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State energy czar discusses New York's future power production
Dec. 23, 2025- New York State Energy Research & Development Authority President & CEO Doreen Harris explains how the state's energy plan fits with New York's green energy goals and wh... Dec 23, 2025
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Older supportive housing units requesting more government support
Dec. 22, 2025- Rebecca Zangen, chief policy officer for the Supportive Housing Network for New York, makes the case for greater government investment into services and housing subsidi... Dec 22, 2025
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A GOP businessman wants to be New York's state comptroller
Dec. 22, 2025- Businessman Joseph Hernandez explains why he is hoping to be the Republican state comptroller candidate in 2026 and discusses how he would use the office if elected. Dec 22, 2025
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Filling the gaps in New York's guardianship system
Dec. 19, 2025- Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Lavine, a Long Island Democrat, talks about his legislation designed to address the shortcomings of the state's guardianship sy... Dec 19, 2025
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State hopes to accelerate transmission permitting process
Dec. 19, 2025- We check in with Zeryai Hagos, executive director of the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, to discuss new rules designed to sp... Dec 19, 2025
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Investments in afterschool care critical to universal child care
Dec. 18, 2025- As New York policymakers consider a pathway to universal child care access, afterschool services will need to make up part of that continuum of care. We discuss an expa... Dec 18, 2025
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The case for recalculating state support for English Language Learners
Dec. 18, 2025- Association of School Boards and Business Officials of New York Executive Director Brian Cechnicki talks about state support for school districts to provide services to... Dec 18, 2025
