Capitol Notes
Your destination for reporting that goes above and beyond The Capitol Pressroom’s daily audio output.
Health Commissioner Mary Bassett talks monkeypox response
Dr. Bassett says state and city health officials working collaboratively in response to monkeypox.
Green constitutional amendment still ‘undefined’
An amendment guaranteeing New Yorkers clean air, clean water and a healthful environment sits on sidelines.
About those transparency plans…
Status update on some of the goals in the state agency transparency plans submitted last year.
Unemployment system upgrades preparing New York for the worst
New York upgrades its unemployment system to prepare for the worst.
Thawing frosty relations between auditors and agency staff
Auditors with the comptroller's office can butt heads with executive agency staff.
LG Antonio Delgado talks affordable housing
Asked about capping rent increases, LG Delgado says, "All options should be considered."
New price transparency coming to live-event ticketing
Democratic lawmakers are poised to adopt consumer friendly changes to the state's live-event ticket regulations.
Possibility of self-prescribed, self-administered hormonal birth control
Democratic state lawmakers are proposing a pathway for women to essentially write their own prescriptions.
State marijuana regulators ask TikTok for content leeway
TikTok has stymied the state's effort to share marijuana messaging on the social media site.
