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61. Legislative Gazette Show 9013

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Audio
Date Created:
1990 March 30
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
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1) Brian Sheilds reports on the reactions to news that Standard and Poor's has lowered New York's long and short term credit rating. Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Ralph Marino, and Assemblyman Oliver Koppell, on the Ways and Means Committee, comment. 2) Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, talk about Julio Martinez, former Drug and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner, who is running a hot dog stand to embarrass the Governor and about the budget problems. 3) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: the Act Up group rallied for AIDS, Ed Cleary, President of New York State AFLCIO, reported on a study about states pension system, an agreement with General Electric to disclose more about rebates to consumers, and the New York State Right to Life Committee lobbied for parental consent legislation. 4) Bruce Robertson reports Ron Silver, President of the Creative Coalition, is lobbying environmental issues. Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Beals, and Christopher Reeve comment. 5) Alan Chartock talks with Governor Cuomo about Julio Martinez, Mayor of New York City asking to expand the right to tax and Earth Day.
Subject:
Budget--New York (State)

62. Legislative Gazette Show 9012

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 March 23
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1) Alan Chartock talks with Governor Cuomo about his budget proposal measures; increases in gasoline tax, business tax surcharges, and vehicle registration fees. 2) Inga Sarda spoke with Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine about Massachusetts and New York's deficit situations. Sarda reports the Republican Party may not have a candidate in time for GOP state convention. Steven LeFevre, spokesman for the party, says there is no need to worry yet. 3) Bruce Robertson reports Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappleyea has blocked Governor Cuomo's site selection process for a new radioactive waste dump and on environment issues. Louis Colletti, President New York Building Congress, and Thomas Young, Syracuse Mayor, comment. 4)Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, talk about the budget problems. 5)Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: proposed increase in minimum wage, the Senate approved bills to alleviate the medical malpractice crisis, National Education Association of New York is asking for more funding, and on a rally for financial bailout of hospitals.
Subject:
Budget--New York (State)

63. Legislative Gazette Show 9011

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 March 16
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1) Bruce Robertson reports Fred DiMaggio, Executive Director the New York State Soft Drink Association, said the industry made a profit for the first time since the returnable beverage container law passed. Alfonso D'Amato and Judith Ink, from the New York Public Interest Research Group, comment. 2) Inga Sarda reports the Environmental Priorities Alliance claims to much money is spent for landfill acquisition and not enough for cleaning up waste. Bob Weiboldt, Executive Vice President of the New York State Builders Association, and Chuck Sparrow, New York Relators Association, comment. 3) Dave Galletly reports Assembly Speaker Mel Miller proposes a program to build community treatment centers for drug addicted mothers and their children. The Assembly Minority unveiled a revised omnibus substance control act. 4) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: proposal to adopt California's emission standards, proposal to protect consumers who purchase extended warranties, and the New York State Chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League organized a lobbying day. 5) Brian Shields reports Louis Cotrona, Executive Director of Temporary Commission on Lobbying, says lobbyist spending has increased. Celia Wexler, Legislative Director of Common Cause, comments. 6) Alan Chartock talks with Fred Dicker of the New York Post, about the politics surrounding the budget problems.
Subject:
Budget--New York (State) and Sanitary landfills

64. Legislative Gazette Show 9010

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 March 9
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Dave Galletly reports the budgets deficit is even larger than Governor Cuomo expected. Senator Tarky Lombardi, chair of the Finance Committee, comments on the different deficit studies. 2) Bruce Robertson reports New York Public Interest Research Group is lobbying to end garbage incineration and increase recycling. Governor Cuomo comments. 3) Inga Sarda reports New York State Council on the Arts lobbied to have their cut funding returned. Assemblyman Joseph Pillittere, Chair of the Tourism, Sports and Arts Committee, agrees. Senator Roy Goodman, says funding is not the only issue. 4) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: possible increase in gasoline fuel tax, possible surcharge on business taxes for telephone companies, proposal to prohibit business from writing credit card numbers on personal checks to reduce fraud, and increase in penalties for crimes committed on subways. 5) Alan Chartock talks with Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, about the large deficit in the budget and the political consequents, the Republican Party's lack of a candidate to run against Governor Cuomo, and the bad rap Alfonse D'Amato recieved in the press. 6) Brian Shields reports the State Community Aid Association presented and alternative to Governor Cuomo's plan. Russel Sykes, from the association, comments.
Subject:
Arts and Budget--New York (State)

65. Legislative Gazette Show 9009

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 March 2
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1) Inga Sarda reports on the State Conference of Mayors and the state's budget problems. Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, Senate Majority Leader Ralph Marino and Comptroller Reagan comment. 2) Bruce Robertson reports on a package of bills to restructure parole hearings in response to the Shawcross case. Edward Elwin, Executive Director of the State Parol Division, and James Flateau, of the State Criminal Justice Division, comment. 3) Don Decker reports Senator Ronald Tocci proposes legalizing betting on sports as a means to raise funds to fight the war on drugs. 4) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: financial aid for those with terminal illnesses, lower premiums for fire insurance if smoke detectors are installed, Richard Kessler proposes a cap cost on surcharges for tickets, strengthening the lemon laws, legislature has final say in whether Staten Island can succeed from the state, and the Conservative Party has radio ads to counteract Governor Cuomo's plan to not have income tax cuts. 5) Alan Chartock talks with Governor Cuomo about attending the National Governors Association and his trip to Washington D.C. 6) Inga Sarda spoke with Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappleyea about proposed radioactive waste dump sites.
Subject:
Parole, Hazardous wastes, and Budget--New York (State)

66. Legislative Gazette Show 9008

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 February 23
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1) Dave Galletly reports on the possibility of the legislature overriding Governor Cuomo's veto on the death penalty. Alan Chartock talks with Governor Cuomo about the possibility. 2) Inga Sarda reports on the growing budget deficit. Hyman Grossman, chair of Standard and Poors New York rating team, comments on the states bad credit rating. 3) Inga Sard talks with Bob Ward, of the Business Council, about its recommendations for balancing the budget. 4) Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, talk about the fiscal crisis, Governor Cuomo's response and party control of the legislature. 5) Bruce Robertson reports on the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. Assemblyman Arthur Eve comments on the welfare of minority families.
Subject:
Budget--New York (State) and Capital punishment

67. Legislative Gazette Show 9007

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 February 16
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Don Decker reports special elections will be held to fill vacancies created when Guy Molinari and Robert Garcia resigned. 2) Inga Sarda reports John Feerick, chair of the State Commission on Government Integrity, said that many suggestions to improve political ethics were made but very few have been adopted. 3) Alan Chartock and Don Decker talk about recent poll results of Rudolph Giuliani and Governor Cuomo in the governor race. 4) Brian Shields reports on a bill introduced by Assemblyman Gary Proud to require businesses to follow the ten commandments of the environment. 5) Bruce Robertson talks with Rudolph Giuliani about whether he will run for governor. 6) Inga Sarda talks with Michael Long, Conservative Party Chairman, about the party's current conditions and the elections. 7) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: budget deficit worsens, state is suing over a federal law requiring states to assume ownership of low-level radioactive waste, investigation in to the public service commission and New York Telephone's settlement, Medicare patients are being over charged by doctors, and proposed drug testing of high school athletes.
Subject:
Political ethics and Giuliani, Rudolph W.

68. Legislative Gazette Show 9006

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 February 9
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a62b8f3f0380f1ab8c3943903e2ce8ce
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1) Inga Sarda reports on the legislative debate over the death penalty. Senator Dale Volker sponsors the bill which Governor Cuomo is expected to veto. 2) Alan Chartock talks with Governor Cuomo about the unanticipated budget deficit caused by lower than expected income tax revenue. 3) Bruce Robertson reports on Senator Dean Skelos's bill to reduce senior citizens abuse by health care workers and family. Attorney General Robert Abrams comments on the loopholes in current law. Carl Young, president of New York Association Homes and Services for the Aging, denies abuse of elderly is a problem. 4) Alan Chartock and Don Decker talk about the death penalty debate. 5) Don Decker reports Senator Franz Liechter has introduced a bill to reduce discrimination of minorities by banks. 6) Brian Shields reports Kris Smith, spokesperson for the New York State Coalition on Smoking and Health, supports stricter laws to prevent teenagers from purchasing cigarettes. 7) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: Rudolph Giuliani is a favorite for the governor race, the reaction to deferral of the income tax cut and Senator Anthony Masiello's proposal to shift taxes on college text books to the untaxed adult magazines.
Subject:
Budget--New York (State), Older people--Abuse of, and Capital punishment

69. Legislative Gazette Show 9005

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 February 2
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a62b8f3f0380f1ab8c3943903e2ce8ce
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1) Inga Sarda reports on the upcoming federal census. Assembly Speaker Mel Miller explains the importance of the census. Jeff Wise comments about the procedure of collecting census data. 2) Brian Shields reports Attorney General Abrams proposeslegislation to expand citizens' rights to bring lawsuits for environmental pollution. 3) Bruce Robertson reports the illegal trade of prescription drugs has decreased as a result of new regulations from the Health Department. 4) Don Decker reports on proposals that would require filtration services for every system with water from rivers or reservoirs. Bill Fagel, Health Department spokesperson, comments on the benefits of filtration. 5) Alan Chartock talks with Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, about the debate over the budget. 6) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: more budget cuts, schools do not have to remove small amount of asbestos, proposal to convert the 1986 Environmental Bond Act loan program to a grant program, and bill to increase penalties for pet napping. 7) Dave Galletly talked with Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine about his drug plan.
Subject:
Census, Budget--New York (State), and Drugs

70. Legislative Gazette Show 9004

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 January 26
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
a62b8f3f0380f1ab8c3943903e2ce8ce
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1) Inga Sarda reports on an Albany pro-choice conference to maintain access to safe and legal abortions. Carol Richter, spokesperson for Family Planning Advocate, and Governor Cuomo supports pro-choice. 2) Brian Shields summarized the pro-life stance. Barbara Fraterrigo, director of New York State Right to Life Committee, believes Republicans should not support pro-choice and Senator Frank Padavan comments on his attempts to discuss parental consent in the legislature. 3) Alan Chartock talks with Fred Dicker, from the New York Post, about Attorney General Robert Abrams's political aspirations. 4) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: increase in oil prices, war over the budget proposal, and expanding New York's shield laws. 5) Bruce Robertson reports Assemblyman Robert D'Andrea wants to cut state funding for art labeled as pornographic.
Subject:
Abrams, Robert, 1938-, Arts, and Abortion