Wheelchair users struggle to access ridesharing services
We chat about the lack of wheelchair accessible rides provided by services like Uber and Lyft and consider boosting accessibility.
Using artificial intelligence to quantify life on Planet Albany
A new legislative tracking service is using artificial intelligence to assess the future of bills
Debate over public support for private special education service
We explore the opposition to state efforts to change how parents of kids with disabilities in private school access special services.
State prepares to regulate ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders
We examine the Hochul administration's effort to regulate the "buy now, pay later" industry.
Upstate Assembly Dems target energy bill relief
Assembly members Didi Barrett and John McDonald make the case for providing New Yorkers relief on their utility bills.
Unions promote costly pension sweetener for teacher recruitment
NYSUT President Melinda Person and UFT President Michael Mulgrew makes the case for sweetening retirement benefits for teachers.
Senator Salazar discusses NY prison landscape
State Sen. Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, talks about the prison landscape a year after an illegal strike rocked the system.
Online pricing set by personal data eyed for extinction
Assemblymember Emérita Torres makes the case for prohibiting companies from setting online prices based on personal data.
State grant process undermines Adirondack recreation plans
Adirondack Explorer reporter Gwen Craig explains how the state made it difficult for a nonprofit to utilize a grant.
Federal changes drive demand for NY food support
We consider what the governor's budget proposal does to address food insecurity and assess the fallout of federal SNAP changes.
