Audio Vault
Welcome to the Audio Vault for The Capitol Pressroom, where you can find every conversation with host David Lombardo.
Listen to the past episodes:
Commission advises new pathways to high school diploma
A reduced emphasis on Regents exams and consolidated diploma options could be in store for New York.
Ombudsman proposed to oversee New York’s prisons
State Sen. Julia Salazar makes the case for creating a new layer of government bureaucracy to oversee prisons and jails.
New York’s gestational surrogacy system eyed for update
State Sen. Liz Krueger wants to update the rules and regulations governing gestational surrogacy in New York.
Empowering communities to combat invasive animals
Sen. Dan Stec explains a new law he sponsored that empowers towns to combat invasive animals in their community.
Smoothing out access to energy bill assistance
The Public Utility Law Project is pushing to ensure eligible New Yorkers receive a range of heating assistance.
Opportunities to support transgender New Yorkers
The New Pride Agenda highlights what the state is doing - and could be doing - to support transgender New Yorkers.
Federal dollars tapped to close orphaned gas wells
The Environmental Defense Fund's Adam Peltz discusses New York's effort to secure thousands of oil and gas wells.
Future of health care is focus of new state commission
Professor Sherry Glied will lead a state commission with a health care mandate.
Spurring green innovation through government contracting
The purchasing power of the New York City Housing Authority is being utilized to spur induction stove innovation.
