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:
Investing in the workforce of tomorrow
A development program in the Bronx is providing disadvantaged youth with social, emotional and vocational skills.
Online state ID applications raise security concerns
Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner highlights security gaps in the state's online learner's permit application process.
New Yorkers gain more opportunities to vote
In 2022, state laws take effect expanding early voting sites and making it easier to access absentee ballot applications.
After a decade, pension reforms produce savings for New Yorkers
Empire Center for Public Policy founder EJ McMahon analyzes the benefits of creating new pension tiers.
Disability rights activist remembered in new biography
Journalist Jim Odato profiles Lucy Gwin in new biography, “This Brain had a Mouth.”
How much sunlight to expect from state transparency plans
We analyze and assess the transparency plans crafted by state agencies at the behest of Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Report: Pandemic response slow and inadequate in prisons
The Correctional Association of New York has analyzed the state prison system's performance during the pandemic.
Hochul urged to embrace clemency powers
The Legal Aid Society's Ted Hausman discusses the recent clemency actions and lays out how they could be used in 2022.
New York looks to curb drownings with water safety campaign
A new state law creates a task force mandated to come up with a plan for teaching New York kids about water safety.
