The NYS Budget and Climate
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On today's show: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter covering campus health and safety at The Chronicle, reports on how administrations at colleges here in New York and across the country are struggling to respond to ongoing, and growing protests over the Israel-Hamas War. Jane McAlevey, labor organizer, columnist for The Nation and the author of several books, including (with Abby Lawlor) Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), reflects...
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Assemblyman Billy Jones on NYS Budget
North Country Assemblyman Billy Jones joins us this week to talk about that ceremony honoring Jodi Andrews, and the critical need for organ donors. He also reacts to the recently passed 2025 New York State Budget, including record funding for schools, and another round of prison closures that may shutter as many as 5 more State Prisons.
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NYS Budget Complete; Earth Day: Reducing Plastic; Law Prof. Noah Feldman on Being Jewish Today
On today's show: Jon Campbell, WNYC/Gothamist Albany reporter, talks about the details of what's in the now finished New York State budget. Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, visiting professor at Bennington College and former EPA Region 2 administrator, talks about a new effort in Albany to keep companies accountable for the single use plastics they produce. Then, listeners call in to share an honest assessment of the single use plastics in their lives. As Passover begins, Noah...