Reporter Describes Arrest At NY Capitol

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Alan Chartock

Published March 29, 2018 at 12:07 PM EDT

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Ken Lovett in the Senate lobby

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A highly unusual scene played out during a day of closed-door budget negotiations at the state capitol in Albany on Wednesday: Daily News reporter Ken Lovett was detained by New York State Police. Lovett was seen in social media photos being led out of the Senate lobby in handcuffs.

Soon after, Governor Andrew Cuomo came to the police station for a photo-op as he cheekily offered to broker Lovett’s release.

Lovett spoke with WAMC’s Alan Chartock on The Capitol Connection today about what happened.

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Alan Chartock

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.

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