Tompkins County commissioned a White Paper on the economic impact of gas leases on property values. What they found is surprising. Tompkins County legislator Carol Chock will join us with results; as will the author of the White Paper, the VP of Residential Mortgage Lending at Tompkins Trust Company Greg May.
Vermont did it. Now advocates for single payer healthcare want to introduce a bill to do the same thing here in New York. Single payer advocate Dr. Garrett Adams, a pediatrician from Louisville, KY is in town to speak with Albany Medical College about the issue, so we thought we would grab him too.
And a large gathering of tax cap opponents will converge on the Capitol today. Tompkins County legislator Martha Robertson will join us to discuss why the tax cap proposal being hammered on the 2nd floor won’t help upstate communities.
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Comptroller Tom Dinapoli on energy issues including gas pricing and investments in gas drilling companies.
The story of Mayor Bloomberg, and the Foiled Foil Request Made By Pro Publica
Peter Pollak of the Empire Page on his new novel, “The Expendable Man”.
And James Denn & Stephen Berger of the Public Service Commission on Net Metering.
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We speak with former State Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffman about her interest in hydro-fracking, and in particular compulsory integration.
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Later this week, on Wednesday June 1st, the Seneca Nation’s injunction request is back in court. We get in the mood by listening to a recent debate on our show about cigarette tax collection.
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President Millard Fillmore, was he the worst American President ever? We speak with the author of a new biography.
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You know the saying “don’t mess with success”? It’s exactly what housing advocates are accusing the state of doing. New York has some of the strongest protections against home foreclosures in the nation, in part thanks to a program that provides housing counselors who act as intermediaries between the banks and homeowners in trouble. 120 different agencies around the state provide this service. But they may not be around for much longer. Governor Cuomo vetoed the 1.5 million dollars in state funding they rely on. Today on the show, we meet housing counselor Hilary Lamishaw Of NeighborWorks Alliance of NYS, as well as Empire Justice Center attorney Kirsten Keefe about the possible fallout.
And EJ McMahon of the Empire Center and David Liebschutz of SUNY’s Rockefeller College discuss what a tax cap might mean for municipalities, their take on the New York Times editorial against the cap, and the defeat of the GOP’s Medicare bill.
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The powerful teachers union NYSUT was already fighting the State on teacher evaluation standards when the other shoe dropped yesterday. Richard Iannuzzi, President of New York State United Teachers will be my guest to discuss the union’s position on both the legislative agreement on a tax cap, as well as a lawsuit over teacher evaluation standards.
Frank Mauro of the Fiscal Policy Institute has also fought against a cap. He will explain how the Assembly’s pension carve-out might work.
And former ESDC Commissioner Dennis Mullen joins us in the studio for an exclusive interview about the state’s economy, job growth, the Governor’s regional economic development councils, and the team of Robert Duffy and Ken Adams.
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Tompkins County bankers and Assembly member Barbara Lifton met with Cuomo administration officials within the last few weeks to discuss a potentially explosive problem for land owners who have gas drilling leases. It turns out that gas/oil leases are generally not accepted by lenders such as Well, GMAC, FNCB, Fidelity, FHA, First Liberty or Bank of America, among others. Lifton and others are requesting that the administration reopen the DEC’s SGEIS process to include the study of land values. Lifton will join us with more.
Meanwhile Agriculture is one of New York’s largest industries, producing $4.7 billion and the Independent Dems are looking to strengthen farms with a package of bills. We will hear from Senators David Valesky & David Carlucci.
One answer to upstate New York’s future may be found in battery storage technology. Today Senator Maziarz and the Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications will be hearing about the issue from William Acker, executive director of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium.
And finally, a look at Leandra’s Law with the guy who implemented it, Robert Maccarone, Deputy Commissioner of DCJS, Director of OPCA and Special Advisor to the Governor for Probation and Community Corrections.
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Senator Michael Gianaris D-Queens will be here to update us on the Senate Dems fight for independent redistricting, as well as some other legislative priorities.
Republican State Senator John Bonacic R-Delhi has been a busy lawmaker. Not only is he bucking his party by saying he supports the extension of a “true” millionaire’s tax, he has also found himself in the middle of two gambling titans trying to build casinos in his district.
Brenda Wright of DEMOS updates us on a law suit that defends the end of prison-based gerrymandering in New York State.
Republican State Senator Mike Nozzolio of Monroe County, Chairman of the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee shares the upstate GOP perspective.
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The NY Law Journal’s Joel Stashenko reports on the cuts to the State’s court system and how those layoffs could impact the delivery of justice in New York.
Activist Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting recently sent a letter to Governor Cuomo about mortgage lenders and hydrofracking. What could they possibly have in common? We will tell you.
On Monday, the NYS Board of Regents adopted regulations for a teacher & principal evaluation system in which 20 to 40% of the evaluation can be linked to student standardized test scores. Earlier in the week Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch defended the decision. Today we speak with Roger Tilles, a member of the NYS Board of Regents who is not happy with the regulations, and publicly said so in an op-ed which appeared in both Newsday & the Washington Post.
Plus — we debrief attorney Karl Sleight who is representing SUNY Research Foundation President John O’Connor in a case brought against him by the NYS Commission on Public Integrity involving Susan Bruno, the daughter for former Senate Majority Leader, Joseph Bruno.
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Analysis of the latest Siena poll with Steve Greenberg
Where are we with ethics reform and independent redistricting? Or are they lost causes yet again? Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters will stop by.
And the Pulitzer Prize winning reporting organization Pro Publica is out with a new piece today on forced pooling/compulsory integration. Journalist Maria Baca joins us with details.
http://www.propublica.org/article/forced-pooling-when-landowners-cant-say-no-to-drilling
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