1) Bill Gralty and Rick Lapkowski report on the main topics addressed at the end of the legislative session, including: the cap on pain and suffering, which was rejected by Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink, while Robert Elman, spokesman for doctors in Albany, states that caps are essential; Assemblyman Mark Allen Seagull's SUNY Flexibility Bill passed in the Assembly; corporate franchise tax and tax credits were reduced; environmental issues: toxic exposure victims; determinate sentencing; and the death penalty veto. 2) Interview with May Newburger on using telecommunication technology in court rooms to protect children who testify in court.

Date created

• 1985 June 28

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Alan Chartock

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 4:37:00

Date Digitized

• 2012 September 14

Master Format

• MP3

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_lg_1985_06_28

Subject

• Malpractice insurance
• New York (State) Legislature
• Children's rights

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