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:
Hochul’s housing czar discusses budget deal
NYS HCR Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas talks about new home construction efforts and increasing tenant protections.
Assembly Higher Ed chair unpacks state budget
Assemblymember Patricia Fahy discusses tuition assistance for students and aid for public colleges and universities.
The challenge of annual upkeep for cemeteries
New York State Association of Cemeteries Legislative Director David Fleming talks about maintaining non-profit cemeteries.
The pathway to closing hospitals in New York
Democratic state lawmakers are looking to make it more difficult to close hospitals around New York.
Understanding the work of New York’s utility regulator
The state's Public Service Commission has a very important role, but do New Yorker understand what's going on?
Rowan Wilson puts stamp on state’s top court
Albany Law professor Vin Bonventre discusses how New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson has steered the state's top court.
Fiscal Policy Institute weighs in on state’s budget priorities
Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Nathan Gusdorf argues that New York could have spent more given inflation.
Poll asks about asylum seekers, marijuana sales, and congestion pricing
Siena College Research Institute pollster Steve Greenberg talks about a new survey of New York voters
PFAS ban proposed for everyday products
In light of new federal PFAS restrictions for drinking water, state lawmakers are being urged to take additional action.