The Capitol Pressroom » Podcast http://thecapitolpressroom.org Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:33:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Capitol Pressroom for June 29, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-29-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-29-2011/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:21:19 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2751 Gary A. Abraham of Allegany is one of many small town lawyers living and working in upstate NY who have questions about gas-drilling and local control. The big question Abraham has: Will the SGEIS trump any local bans already in place?

What’s next for the Seneca Nation?

NY missed the July 1st deadline to apply for federal funds to create a healthcare insurance exchange. Now what? Blair Horner and Elisabeth Benjamin will have an update.

ESDC guru Ken Adams on balancing the state’s economic development goals with local control.

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-29-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 28, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-28-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-28-2011/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:20:57 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2748 Gavin Donohue, President and CEO of the Independent Power Producers of New York discusses the new Article X power plant siting law.

New York State United Teachers has filed suit against the Board of Regents and State Education Commissioner John King, declaring regulations adopted last month violate state law and exceed the Regents’ authority, including a regulation that allows school districts to double the weight of state standardized test scores in teacher evaluations. We will have reaction to this news courtesy of Carl T. Hayden, Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor Emeritus of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York; and Abe Lackman, principle in the government consulting firm Praxis Insights and the 2010-2011 Clarence D. Rapplyea Government Scholar in Residence at Albany Law School’s Government Law Center. Lackman was Secretary of the New York State Senate Finance Committee–where his responsibilities included evaluating the fiscal and budgetary implications of all major state legislation–as well as Special Advisor to the Senate’s Majority Leader.

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-28-2011/feed/ 2 The Capitol Pressroom for June 27, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-27-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-27-2011/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:22:38 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2745 Siena Pollster Steve Greenberg describes the Governor as hitting a “home-run” during his first legislative session. Pundits are already declaring him a possible candidate for President in 2016. But Governor Cuomo’s successes haven’t been without pain. How much did the Governor have to give up in order to say, “I did it”?

And will his same sex marriage victory sustain the support of a progressive community that had been angered over deep cuts to education and social services? Today we are joined by Greenberg and Bob Bellafiore, former advisor to Governor George Pataki, to discuss what made this governor successful where other governors failed and the degree to which Cuomo can claim success

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-27-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 24, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-24-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-24-2011/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:06:03 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2743 Bruce Gyory and David Catalfamo are both former denizens of the 2nd floor of the Capitol, which is another way of saying they worked as advisors to a Governor or two.   Catalfamo was George Pataki’s Communications Director.  Gyory was an Advisor to the past 3 Democratic Governors.   We invited them to appear on the Capitol Pressroom last Friday June 17th to discuss the issues at the heart of the legislature’s final days of session.   What they had to say puts into greater focus everything that has happened over the last week.  

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-24-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 23, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-23-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-23-2011/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:31:16 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2741 On this edition of the Capitol Pressroom we dip into our achieve to hear conversions we had back at the very beginning of this legislative session — first on foreclosure, the second on one of those initial conversations we had on a tax cap, and the third on independent redistricting, featuring former NYPIRG Government Guru, Blaire Horner.   Horner is now with the American Cancer society — back in January he was NYPIRG’s Legislative Director and was deep in discussions on redistricting with Ed Koch and others.  

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-23-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 22, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-22-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-22-2011/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:23:22 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2737 I read somewhere that we shouldn’t start moving forward without first looking back. While I may have read it in a fortune cookie, I do believe that it’s true. As session wraps up, I thought it would be illuminating to look back at what was on the Governor’s mind prior to his tussle over gay marriage, rent regulations and a tax cap. On his 100th day as Governor, Andrew Cuomo spoke with us about education. We will hear that conversation in this half hour, followed by my interview with Yancey Roy, and finally, as we approach July 1st, the day the SGEIS is due from the DEC, we will discuss hydrofracking.

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-22-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 21, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-21-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-21-2011/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:45:27 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2734 Not even 4 months into her new job as head of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), and Courtney Burke is being looked at as the person who will change the agency’s culture of abuse. We will speak with Burke about her new job, legislation to fix the systemic problems detailed by the New York Times, and what she’s learned so far.

We go back to the beginning of session with Steve Greenberg of the Siena Research Institute and track the poll numbers for Governor Cuomo, and other political leaders — then and now.

MIT has issued a new study on hydrofracking. John Conrad of Conrad Geosciences joins us to interpret the findings through the scrim of industry.

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-21-2011/feed/ 4 The Capitol Pressroom for June 20, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-20-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-20-2011/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:19:24 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2730 Labor is rallying in Albany today. We will catch up with PEF President Kenneth Brynien on contract negotiations with the Cuomo administration.

It looks like there are breakthroughs in both rent regulation and gay marriage. Assemblyman Sam Hoyt share their take on what’s happening.

And then we ask, “So, how did upstate do this session?” We invited two people with very different perspectives on the issue, Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan and Unshackle Upstate’s Brian Sampson.

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-20-2011/feed/ 2 The Capitol Pressroom for June 17, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-17-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-17-2011/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:21:56 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2728 Analysis of the session’s final (?) week from the both sides of the aisle, with Bruce Gyory and Dave Catalfamo. 

]]> http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-17-2011/feed/ 0 The Capitol Pressroom for June 16, 2011 http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-16-2011/ http://thecapitolpressroom.org/the-capitol-pressroom-for-june-16-2011/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:35:32 +0000 Admin http://thecapitolpressroom.org/?p=2726 Mandate relief comes in many flavors. We will speak with Jefferson County Democrat, Assembly member Addie Russell and the Program Manager of US Communities Jon Penkower about a bill that allows local governments to piggy-back on contracts negotiated anywhere in the US as part of a purchasing alliance. The Senate has already passed a bill allowing New York to join the alliance.

Graduation rates for Buffalo’s City Schools dropped yet again. Education Correspondent Mary Pasciak of the Buffalo News joins us with analysis.

How did one slice of upstate New York fare this legislative session? Hilda Rosario Escher, the Executive Director of the Ibero American Action League would give lawmakers a “D” from where she sits. She and Judy Marquez Kiyama, PhD Assistant Professor Warner School of Education University of Rochester report on how a predominantly poor and Latino Community in Rochester is dealing with state cuts.

And we will have an update for you on that massive underground power line project the PSC is currently looking at.  If approved, the Champlain Hudson Power Express could bring affordable hydropower from Quebec to New York City via underground pipeline. Bill Helmer and Don Jessome of Transmission Developers have the latest.

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