Environmental concerns sparked by Indian Point decommissioning
Assemblymember Dana Levenberg is pushing a bill banning radioactive materials from going into New York waters.
New York’s evolving gestational surrogacy landscape
It's been more than two years since the state's legalized commercial gestational surrogacy took effect.
The path to spending $4.2 billion on the environment
Nature Conservancy New York Director of Policy & Strategy Jessica Ottney Mahar discusses spending the state's environmental bond.
Campaign urges state recognition of Asian Lunar New Year
Assemblymember Grace Lee makes the case for memorializing the Asian Lunar New Year as an official state holiday.
State education officials advance limits on punishments for children
State Education Department Deputy Commissioner Angelique Johnson-Dingle discusses limits on seclusion and restraints.
State offers subsidy for medication combating substance abuse
New York OASAS Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham wants to remove a barrier to addressing substance abuse disorder.
Rethinking New York’s road salt practices
Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force member Phil Sexton talks about how to reduce road salt usage.
Nonprofits struggle with state’s slow contracting process
Empire Justice Center President & CEO Kristin Brown explains how the state is chronically slow to pay for contracted services.
The future of the New York Working Families Party
Amid a change in leadership, we consider the third party's future in the Empire State.
Calculating the true cost of Medicaid services
Sen. Jake Ashby wants the state government to update the Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care services.
