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Traffic safety activists make legislative push in Albany
April 23, 2021 - We break down the package of bills that make up the Crash Victims Rights and
Democratic lawmakers regroup for 2022 home care worker pay hike push
After coming up short in this year’s budget negotiations to get a minimum wage increase for
Wage increase for home care workers on hold – for now
April 22, 2021 - Senate Aging Committee Chair Rachel May walks us through the effort to secure a raise
Relaxed state COVID-19 guidelines not changing much for older students
April 22, 2021 - Federal and state health officials may have relaxed social distancing guidelines for schools, but New
Poll: Partisan divide over government action to combat climate change
April 22, 2021 - To celebrate Earth Day, we're turning to Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy for
Deal with New York sets up Indian Point’s retirement
April 22, 2021 - One of the final obstacles to the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plant
Sen. Rachel May recalls working for Walter Mondale in ’84
April 21, 2021 - In a bonus episode of The Capitol Pressroom, we spoke with state Sen. Rachel May, a
Finger Lakes power plant is ground zero for environmentalists’ latest fight
April 21, 2021 - We talked with Seneca Lake Guardian Vice President Yvonne Taylor about the campaign by environmentalists
Curtain peeled back on state’s opaque vetting of COVID-19 vaccines
April 21, 2021 - For months, very little was known about the deliberations of the state task force empowered
