The Capitol Connection
Thursdays, 3:00 p.m - 3:30 p.m.
Maybe you voted for them and maybe you didn't, but either way, what they do and how they think affects you. Each week on The Capitol Connection, you can keep yourself abreast of political developments and gain a little insight into how New York State's politicians think when you listen in as WAMC's David Guistina holds conversations with the governor, the comptroller, members from the Assembly and Senate, and other political movers and shakers.
The program is carried on stations across New York state. Check your local listings for the time and frequency.
Twitter: @Cap_Connection
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(Airs 04/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Andrew Rein, President of the Citizens Budget Commission about the Governor’s $237 billion dollar budget proposal, healthcare, school aid, and much more.
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(Airs 04/11/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation about immigration with Lauren DesRosiers, Senior Staff Attorney, Adjunct Professor, and the incoming Director of the Immigration Law Clinic and Albany Law School.
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(Airs 04/04/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the budget negotiations, the lack of affordable housing, mental illness on the rise, village audits, and much more.
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(Airs 03/28/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Krista Hesdorfer, Director of Public Affairs for Hunger Solutions New York about legislation to provide free meals to all public school students in need.
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(Airs 03/21/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Assembly Republican Minority Leader William Barclay about the budget, the plight of small farms, migrants, child care, and much more.
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(Airs 03/14/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director of Compassion & Choices - a group calling for the passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act in New York.
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(Airs 03/07/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, a Democratic Socialist, about the need for more affordable housing, the problem with education funding, climate change, migrants, and much more.
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(Airs 02/29/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Susan Lerner, the Executive Director of Common Cause New York, about the newly approved congressional redistricting maps, voting and elections, public campaign financing, money in politics and the importance of media in a democracy.
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(Airs 02/22/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Pollster Steve Greenberg from the Siena College Research Institute about their latest poll out this week.
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(Airs 02/15/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) about the environment, voting rights, how New York is failing when it comes to cancer, and much more.