1) Bruce Robertson reports that Attorney General Abrams introduced a bill to require manufactures to notify consumers about warranties. 2) Dave Galletly and Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine talk about the discussions over the budget. 3) Brenda McMann reports on Jessie Jackson supporters' concerns that Jackson will not receive a fair nomination process during New York's primary election. Senator Frank Barbaro, Senator Israel Ruiz and Assemblyman Arthur Eve comment. 4) Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, of the New York Post, discuss Governor Cuomo failure to endorse a democratic candidate. 5) Paul Rosenthal reports on the Critical Choices program and Micheal Phillips, director of the Albany Bicentennial Commission, explains the purpose.
1) Bruce Robertson reports on Governor Cuomo's State of the State Address and budget proposals. 2) Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, of New York Post, talk about Mario Cuomo's State of the State Address and goals for the next year. 3) Brenda McMann reports that Judge Albert Rosenblatt, Chief Administrative Judge, issued new protective court guidelines to protect court personnel from people with AIDS or infectious diseases. 4) Paul Rosenthal and Attorney General Abrams talk about a joint bill to prevent toxic chemical accidents with assessment and planning. 5) Alan Chartock talks with Assemblyman Alexander Pete Grannis, Chair of Housing Committee, about Governor Cuomo's inclusion of housing in the budget. 6) Dave Galletly talks with Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine about who Governor Cuomo will endorse for the democrat presidential candidate.
1) Bruce Robertson talks with Walter D. Broadnax, the Civil Service Commissioner, about the dwindling entry level workforce. 2) Don Decker reports on the need for budgetary caution. Governor Cuomo advocates cutbacks. 3) Fred Dicker, of New York Post, comments that the time is right for the governor to hold the legislature accountable for its spending. 4) Brenda McMann reports Senator Ralph Quattrociocchi and former Senator Joseph Montalto have been indicted. ) Bruce Robert reports Richard Kessel, Director of the Consumer Protection Board, asked McDonaldâ?s to phase out styrofoam packaging to help solve the garbage disposal problem. 6) Morrie Small reports on the effort to find what is causing higher milk prices. 7) Dave Gallety talks with Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine about state relief for Glens Falls debt and literacy. 8) Brenda McMann reports several counties have receive relief money for the recent storm. Don Devito, Director of the Emergency Management Office, describes the distribution of funds and the assessment of damages.
1) Leslie Brokaw reports on the stalemate between the assembly and senate on business takeovers, municipal liability insurance, toxic tort and medical malpractice insurance at the end of the legislation session. 2) Lee Maringoff, of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, comments on the subtle change in the tone between leaders as political maneuvering becomes the main form of communication, and to expect more conflict as next years elections draw closer. 3) Fred Dicker, of the New York Post, comments on the reasons why Geraldine Ferraro will not oppose Senator Al D'Amato in next years election. ) Interview with Comptroller Edward Regan about major budget matters and reducing the deficit.
1) Governor Cuomo proposed building a domed stadium. Documents the debate between building in Queens or in Brooklyn. 2) Lee Maringoff, of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, comments on Governor Cuomo endorsement of raising the drinking age from 19 to 21 in order to keep federal funding. Public opinion supports the change. 3) Fred Dicker, New York Post, describes a fall out between Attorney General Abrams and Governor Cuomo over Abrams appointing a Special Prosecutor for New York City without the Governor's approval. 4) Discussion with Frank Mauro, on the Ways and Means Committee, questions whether sunset taxes should be continued or are needed to afford the personal income tax reductions.
1) Rick Lapkowski reports on the budget which was agreed on a week late. 2) Gerald Benjamin comments about when the New York State Constitution rights may extend beyond those guaranteed on the national level. Judges recently decided the right to freedom of expression is protected under some circumstances on private property in New York State. 3) Interview with Assemblyman Herman Denny Farrell on the pros and cons of deregulating insurance and banking to allow banks to offer insurance and insurance companies to own banks.
1) Bill Gralty reports on the April 1st budget deadline. With only a few days left agreement has been reached on most topics, but the budget is not yet finished. 2) Lee Maringoff, of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, comments on a recent poll which found many people unaffected by the economic recovery. 3) Rick Lapkowski reports on the bottle bill and who should receive the unredeemed bottle deposits. Governor Cuomo has proposed using deposits for toxic waste clean up. 4) Bill Gralty gives a background report on Grand Juries. Assemblyman Arnold Proskin, comments the public considers an indited person guilty, but it is no worse than alternatives. Assemblyman Ralph Goldstein proposes using pre-trial hearings. Interview with Sol Greenberg, Albany County District Attorney discusses the secretive nature of grand juries and the check and balances that make the system works.
1) Rick Lapkowski reports on Governor Cuomo's budget proposals. Continued sunset taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and fuel will fund personal income tax cuts and give an incentive for people to live in New York. Comments from John Markey, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Governor Cuomo, and Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink are included. 2) Bill , comments on the proposal to allocated for more environmental enforcement personnel. 3) Fred Dicker, of the New York Post, describes the proposed budget as expensive and so complicated that the size of the budget can be estimated several ways. 4) Interview with Assemblyman Arthur Jerry Kremer, Chairman of Ways and Means Committee, on the budgets's surplus, tax cut, debt reduction program, gap balance budget and extending the sunset taxes.