Episodes

  • State grant process undermines Adirondack recreation plans

    State grant process undermines Adirondack recreation plans
    Mar 4 2026
    March 4, 2026- Adirondack Explorer reporter Gwen Craig explains how the state made it difficult for a nonprofit in the Adirondacks to utilize a grant for a land purchase and four years later they're looking to unload the property as a result.
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    12 mins
  • Federal changes drive demand for NY food support

    Federal changes drive demand for NY food support
    Mar 4 2026
    March 4, 2026- We consider what the governor's budget does (and doesn't do) to address food insecurity with the help of Natasha Pernicka, executive director of The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York. We also consider the fallout from federal changes to SNAP eligibility.
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    10 mins
  • Energy and tariff ambiguity face NY manufacturing

    Energy and tariff ambiguity face NY manufacturing
    Mar 4 2026
    March 4, 2026- We talk about tariff ambiguity, emissions restrictions and energy demands with Randy Wolken, president and CEO of MACNY, the Manufacturers Association.
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    14 mins
  • Hochul's budget undercuts independent living initiatives

    Hochul's budget undercuts independent living initiatives
    Mar 3 2026
    March 3, 2026- Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget proposal slashes state support for programs and resources designed to help New Yorkers with disabilities remain independent. We discuss the proposed budget cuts and accessible transportation with Tyler Whitney, president and CEO of Southern Adirondack Independent Living, and Lindsay Miller, executive director for New York Association on Independent Living.
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    14 mins
  • Incentivizing New Yorkers to be volunteer firefighters

    Incentivizing New Yorkers to be volunteer firefighters
    Mar 3 2026
    March 3, 2026- The state's volunteer firefighter numbers are about two-thirds of what they were two decades ago, so we talked with Firefighters Association of the State of New York Secretary John D’Alessandro about ideas to boost those numbers.
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    13 mins
  • State weighs federal tax credit championed by private schools

    State weighs federal tax credit championed by private schools
    Mar 2 2026
    March 2, 2026- New York policymakers have until the end of the year to enroll in a federal tax credit program incentivizing contributions to scholarship-giving organizations. We consider this proposal, which is being championed by private schools, with Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference.
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    12 mins
  • Senate transportation leader on Waymo, public transit, and infrastructure

    Senate transportation leader on Waymo, public transit, and infrastructure
    Feb 27 2026
    Feb. 27, 2026- State Senate Transportation Committee Chair Jeremy Cooney, a Rochester-area Democrat, laments the governor abandoning an expansion of for-hire autonomous vehicles and calls for a new car registration fee to fund public transit.
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    16 mins
  • Medicaid payout change would hurt ambulance providers

    Medicaid payout change would hurt ambulance providers
    Feb 27 2026
    Feb. 27, 2026- We consider the implications of changing a Medicaid payout to emergency medical service providers with Thomas Coyle, president of Monroe Ambulance transportation and chair of the United New York Ambulance Network, and Bryan Brauner, CEO of Twin City Ambulance.
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    10 mins