The NYS Budget and Climate
by WNYC
WNYC— This Earth Week, Liz Moran, policy advocate for Earthjustice's Northeast office, talks about the ways the new New York State budget does, and does not, address climate change.
WNYC—Protests Rock Campuses; Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey; NYS Budget and Climate; 1968 Protesters Reflect on Today's Demonstrations. 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...
Mountain Lake PBS—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.
WRFA-LP 107.9 FM—NYS Legislature Passes 2024-25 State Budget. The New York State Legislature passed a $237 billion dollar budget Saturday, two weeks after the 2024-25 budget was due. Governor Kathy Hochul issued a statement saying, “This budget agreement represents the most significant improvement in housing policy in three generations. It includes transformative investments in health care and education that will put our State […]