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Samantha Simmons
Applyrs, the city’s former chief auditor, told reporters that she was unaware of the budget deficit until just before she became mayor. Applyrs says the city has a roughly $15 million structural deficit for FY 2025 and expects a $22 million deficit for FY 2026.
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(Airs 03/20/26 @ 3 p.m. & 03/22/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about the global push to make A-I companies pay for the news, journalism programs encouraging student to go solo, and much more.
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Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul
The governor laid out her proposals to change the state’s landmark climate law, less than two weeks before the budget is due.
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Office of the Governor
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New York Attorney General’s office is challenging the EPA repeal of the endangerment finding, which declares greenhouse gasses lethal to the planet. -
Similar legislation passed the Senate last year but failed to pass the Assembly. Supporters hope this year will be different. -
Legislation supported by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) would provide tariff rebate checks up to $1,200, plus $600 per child, to qualifying households amid rising costs.
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About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.
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The ceasefire, in effect for the past six months, has brought some reprieve to Palestinians in Gaza despite continued hardship, displacement and Israeli restrictions on aid. -
Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger. -
Harerimana Ismail of Uganda is a community health worker who checks on kids with HIV. He lost his salary after the Trump administration's aid cuts but he keeps doing his job.
