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Apr 2, 2020: Gearing up for the 2020 census
Jeff Wice, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the New York Law School and Senior Advisor at New York
Apr 2, 2020: The cost of higher education level sports
New York’s public university system has been striving to reach national prominence in collegiate sports. However, this quest has
Apr 2, 2020: Environmental wins in NY budget
Jessica Ottney Mahar, New York Policy Director at The Nature Conservancy, shared her thoughts on the state budget which
Apr 2, 2020: Senate Corrections Chair on budget and COVID-19 in prisons
Sen. Luis Sepulveda (D-Bronx), chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction, discussed what the state can do
Apr 1, 2020: New York’s financial footing
The Citizens Budget Commission’s Director of State Studies Dave Friedfel shared his insights on the financial situation the state
Apr 1, 2020: New York’s slice of federal COVID19 aid
Bill Hammond, Director of Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, will explain how New York State
Apr 1, 2020: NY’s pandemic plan didn’t rise to COVID19’s challenge
Rebecca Lewis of City and State NY discussed her story on the state’s planning for a pandemic which did
Apr 1, 2020: School budget vote delay and funding concerns
The state’s new fiscal year has started without a fully passed budget. Dave Albert, Chief Communications Officer at the
March 31, 2020: Siena poll on coronavirus response
Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg had the results of his organization’s latest poll which polled New Yorkers on Governor
