Environmental Advocates Outline Earth Day Agenda
Today is the 43rd Earth Day and environmental advocates in New York have ideas they’d like to see put into place. We talk with Julia Walsh from Frack Action and Roger Downs from the Sierra Club. Watch...
View ArticleUFC’s Lorenzo Fertitta Updates Us On His Push To Legalize MMA
A bill legalizing Mixed Martial Arts passed in the Senate last month and now the Assembly version of the bill has over 60 sponsors. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has said it’s inevitable that the...
View ArticleThe Insiders
Bruce Gyory and Bob Bellafiore debate Governor Cuomo’s new strategy of withholding bill language, and the infamous tweet by state Senator Greg Ball. Watch Video Here>> (TWC ID required)
View ArticleEric Friedman From NYC Campaign Finance Board Defends Public Campaign Financing
Recent corruption cases has triggered a debate in Albany over campaign finance reform. Democrats have pointed to the New York City system as a model for reform. But Republicans in the Senate say the...
View ArticleAssemblyman Mark Johns Makes Case For Term Limits
Since Senator Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson were arrested on bribery charges early this month, several ideas have been bounced around on how to reduce corruption in the legislature....
View ArticleReporter Roundtable
Newsday’s Yancey Roy, Albany Times Union’s Rick Karlin, Jon Campbell from the Gannett News Service, and our own Nick Reisman make up the Reporter Roundtable. They discuss Cuomo’s negotiating style, his...
View ArticleDadey Jumps Into Ted Cruz Debate
For the past few days we have seen dueling press releases from the state Democratic Party and the State Republican party over the announcement that conservative Texas US Senator Ted Cruz will be...
View ArticleMcDonald Loses Campaign Finance Challenge
New York City Republican Mayoral Candidate George McDonald has lost his legal challenge to the city’s limits on contributions. McDonald argued that the city’s cap on individual contributions at $4950...
View ArticleBreaking: Sen. Sampson Taken Into Custody
FBI officals confim that former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is un custody after turning himself into federal officials earlier this morning on public corruption charges. Several news outlets...
View ArticleExtras
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone. A meeting over the expansion of the Peace Bridge was so contentious the board deadlocked over a vote to approve the minutes from a previous meeting. Republican...
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