1) Alan Chartock talks with Maurice Hinchey, Chair of the Solid Waste Commission, about organized crime's involvement in the solid waste industry and attending environmental dangers. 2) Brenda McMann reports prisons are overcrowded and local jails are holding prison inmates. Thomas Coughlin, Corrections Commissioner, comments on the problem and possible alternatives. 3) Alan Chartock talks with Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappleyea about corruption in the public works projects and the need to set statewide standards. 4) Brenda McMann reports on the State University of New York, Board of Trustees's decision to increase salaries in top positions in an effort to attract a new chancellor. 5) Alan Chartock and Fred Dicker, of the New York Post, talk about Mario Cuomo's political aspirations.

Date created

• 1987 August 21

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Alan Chartock

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 28:04:00

Date Digitized

• 2012 October 5

Master Format

• MP3

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_lg_1987_08_21

Subject

• Cuomo, Mario Matthew
• Organized crime
• Prisons

Digitization Specifications

• Encoding: 24bit/48khz; Software: Pro Tools LE 8.0.3 ; Hardware: Marantz PMD500 Stereo Double Cassette Deck, Mac OS X with a 2.66 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor.

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Part of

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Scope and Contents

Collection

WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive