New York’s Capital Region

4/15/13 - Panel

Joe Donahue — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Ray Graf, and Mike Spain, Associate Editor of the Times Union. Joe Donahue moderates.

Today's topics include:
• Times Union Headlines
• Latest on North Korea
• April 15th – Tax Day
• Immigration Bill Support

Amedore/Tkaczyk Race Goes to the Courts

Jake Sorgen — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:50:03 +0000

In a race that could end up deciding which party controls the New York State Senate, the final vote count may not be in for two or more weeks.

The new 46^th senate district is nearly deadlocked with Republican Assemblyman George Amedore trailing Democratic School Board member Cecilia Tkaczyk by 139 votes with 7500 absentee and affidavit ballots due to be counted in the coming weeks.

Northeast Report – New York State Assembly Majority Leader Ronald Canastrari

Patrick Donges — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:30:00 +0000

Saying the time was right, long time Albany area New York Assemblyman Ronald Canastrari announced today that he will not seek re-election after more than 20 years in office. Canastrari, a democrat from Cohoes, serves as the Assembly Majority Leader. He said the decision to leave was not an easy one. Canastrari looked back on his career today, telling WAMC’s Brian Shields what he considered to be the most important bills he helped to pass while in Albany.

Midday Magazine – Charles Albanetti, Citizen Action of New York

Patrick Donges — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0000

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to introduce a plan for state campaign finance reform. Supporters of what they refer to as a “fair election system” are holding a press conference this hour outside the Rensselaer County Board of Elections office in Troy.

Charles Albanetti, communications director with Citizen Action of New York, tells WAMC’s Brian Shields the coalition wants a system where candidates are as even as possible when it comes to campaign financing.