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:
State health care spending on its way up and up
Flush with cash, New York policymakers are poised to commit record levels of funding toward health care.
Reserving your high peak excursion
A popular Adirondack destination will be requiring parking reservations for the second year.
Environmental purity test threatens new recycling incentive
State Sen. Todd Kaminsky makes the case for his compromise proposal designed to increase recycling in New York.
State’s top court gives all clear to daily fantasy sports
Years after state lawmakers declared that daily fantasy sports was not gambling, the state's top court agreed with them.
Age of criminal responsibility up for debate again
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to scale back the "Raise the Age" initiative, while its defenders make the case for no changes.
New York’s chief disability officer
The state's new chief disability officer, Kimberly Hill, discusses her mandate and what this responsibility means to her.
New York amps up protections against sexual harassment
Sexual Harassment Working Group member Elias Farah weighs in on three new state laws.
Could FAFSA become a required high school rite of passage?
Education Trust-NY Executive Director Dia Bryant makes the case for mandating high school graduate fill out the FAFSA form.
Sen. Mike Gianaris on the final budget stretch
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, discusses the Senate Democrats' budget priorities.
