Assemblyman Burke on psilocybin, Hochul’s leadership, and city budgets
Assemblyman Pat Burke, a Buffalo-area Democrat, has concerns with Gov. Kathy Hochul's leadership during the budget process.
A local check on state economic development subsidies
Assemblyman Pat Burke argues for giving municipalities a check on state economic development officials looking to give away local tax breaks.
Division over legislative action on psilocybin
Assemblymember Pat Burke discusses the legislative efforts to make psilocybin available for mental health conditions in New York.
A western NY perspective on Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Assemblyman Pat Burke thinks everyone needs to calm down about his Queens colleague, who may be the next mayor of NYC.
Promoting and protecting the Great Lakes watershed
Assemblymember Pat Burke discusses his appointment to lead the Assembly's the Great Lakes Watershed Task Force.
The potential medicinal benefits of ‘magical mushrooms’
Assemblyman Pat Burke makes the case for his legislation that would pave the way to doctors prescribing psilocybin.
New York lawmakers consider medicinal use of psilocybin
Assemblymember Patrick Burke, a Buffalo-area Democrat, shares insights from a recent hearing on medicinal uses of Psilocybin.
Old faces in new places in the legislature
The dust has settled (for now) in the latest game of musical chairs at the Capitol.
Assemblymember pursues pardon for local resident
Assemblymember Patrick Burke wants President Biden to grant clemency to a WNY man sentenced for marijuana trafficking.
Jim Lombardo’s 2023 TV Diary
Preface from Capitol Pressroom host David Lombardo: My abundant movie and television diet is not without precedent. It is most likely a learned or inherited behavior from my dad, Jim Lombardo, who has embraced the streaming era with the
