1) Bruce Robertson reports on a proposed bill sponsored by Senator Dal Volker to create tougher laws for possession of crack. 2) Beth Engler reports on a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Talon to reduce the nursing home bed shortage by allowing publicly traded nursing home companies to operate in the state. 3) Paul Rosenthal spoke with former governor Malcolm Wilson, chair of Blue Ribbons Commission, created to deal with the political corruption scandals, about the panel's recommendations. 4) Alan Chartock talks with Fred Dicker about the Blue Ribbon Commission's report. 5) Don Decker reports Attorney General Abrams wants a program to provide coverage for work related exposure to hazardous wastes. 6) Paul Rosenthal reports on events in the legislature: a state task force recommendation against paying surrogate mothers, a proposal to give women and minorities more work contracts, proposal to boost minimum wage, and a proposal to require smoke alarms in all homes.

Date created

• 1988 May 20

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Alan Chartock

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 28:16:00

Date Digitized

• 2012 November 9

Master Format

• MP3

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_lg_1988_05_20

Subject

• Political ethics
• Hazardous wastes

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