the capitol connection

(Airs 04/02/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday, about why the New York state budget is late again, negotiations over taxing the rich, sweetening state pensions, changing the climate law, and much more.

(Airs 04/02/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday, about why the New York state budget is late again, negotiations over taxing the rich, sweetening state pensions, changing the climate law, and much more.

(Airs 03/26/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat, about her opposition to Governor Hochul’s plan to defang the state’s 2019 climate law, why she doesn’t support proposals to tax the rich, and much more.

(Airs 03/26/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat, about her opposition to Governor Hochul’s plan to defang the state’s 2019 climate law, why she doesn’t support proposals to tax the rich, and much more.

(Airs 03/19/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dr. Bruce Dearstyne, Editor and Author, about the new book Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change, published by SUNY Press.

(Airs 03/19/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dr. Bruce Dearstyne, Editor and Author, about the new book Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change, published by SUNY Press.

(Airs 03/12/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Executive Director of Environmental Advocates New York, about a memo from NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, about the cost of the 2019 climate law, The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), and what Governor Hochul might do as a result.

(Airs 03/12/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Executive Director of Environmental Advocates New York, about a memo from NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, about the cost of the 2019 climate law, The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), and what Governor Hochul might do as a result.

(Airs 03/05/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. We’ll talk about the potential financial impact of the war in Iran, the $260 billion dollar state budget which the comptroller says is spending more that it’s taking in, and the need, he says, for more money to fund the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).

(Airs 03/05/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. We’ll talk about the potential financial impact of the war in Iran, the $260 billion dollar state budget which the comptroller says is spending more that it’s taking in, and the need, he says, for more money to fund the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).