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Arthur: The Unexpected President

Governor Andrew Cuomo issues an executive order that will now allow parolees to vote. Biographer Scott Greenberger discusses the forgotten Gilded Age where Chester A. Arthur went from political hack to surprising reformer. The Reporters Roundtable analyzes the week in political news.
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Former Governor Al Smith Profiled in New Book

Those with good memories will recall the former governor that Andrew Cuomo constantly lavished during his first year in office. Ironically, it wasn't his father Mario.
Cuomo thought so highly of Al Smith that he featured his portrait in the Red Room during the beginning of his tenure. He often told the story of how "The Happy Warrior" consolidated state government and set a new standard for progressive politics.
This week on the program, Dr. Robert Chiles sits down with us to discuss his new book on the former four-term governor and presidential candidate titled "The Revolution of '28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal."
Also, reporters Mike Gormley of Newsday and Ken Lovett of the Daily News analyze the week's news.For more news, visit nynow.org

Feels Like Campaign Season

What a news week in the Empire State!
It’s only April but it sure felt like November. The current Republican favorite to win the nomination for governor officially entered the race this week.  Marc Molinaro announced his candidacy from his hometown of Tivoli. Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Governor Cuomo on the Democratic side, made multiple trips upstate where she criticized the governor on everything from his handling of the Hoosick Falls water contamination crisis to his assistance in helping the Democrats in the State Senate reunite. Also,Elise Stefanik faced a rough crowd at a forum in the North County.  The Republican has faced criticism for her lack of accessibility at times during her two terms in Congress.
We’ll analyze the busy week at the Reporters Roundtable with David Lombardo of the Times Union and Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio.  Watch us on your local PBS station.
 
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One on One with Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon, a Democratic challenger to Governor Andrew Cuomo, was in the midst of an upstate tour with stops in Syracuse and Rochester. She talked to our Karen DeWitt about why she’s taken the plunge and is challenging the powerful incumbent in 2018.

Budget: Deal or no Deal?

With the budget deadline coinciding with two major religious holidays, lawmakers are struggling to come to an agreement before leaving Albany. Take a look at what’s in, what’s out, and what’s the holdup with the state budget (which is due tonight, March 30, 2018).

Who is Marc Molinaro?

On Monday, April 2 Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is announcing his run for governor. He already has secured the majority of GOP county chairs, but to the general public little is known about him. New York NOW Managing Editor Matt Ryan, Joe Spector of the USA Today Network, and Karen DeWitt of NYS Public Radio analyze his background and why he has emerged as the leading Republican to take on Andrew Cuomo.

Weinstein Takes Historic Role in Assembly

After longtime Assemblyman Denny Farrell retired in 2017, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein was named the new chair of the powerful Assembly Ways and Means Committee. She is the first woman to hold this role. We sit down with the lawmaker to discuss the looming budget deadline and a new sexual harassment proposal in their chamber.
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Percoco Trial Recap

Review the end of the trial involving Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Andrew Cuomo. Percoco was found guilty on three counts of corruption and faces up to 50 years in jail.  The trial revealed an intimate look into the workings of Cuomo’s office and critics are hammering him for what they’re calling a “pay-to-play” operation on the 2nd Floor. The Reporters Roundtable analyzes the week’s news.
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Danny Glover, Cynthia, Nixon and Marc Molinaro

That seems like an odd combination for a political program but they all played a role in the week that was in Albany.  A typically run-of-the-mill media availability turned into a chaotic scene when actor Danny Glover was heckled right out of Capitol press conference. Also, there are rumblings that former "Sex and the City" Actress Cynthia Nixon may primary Andrew Cuomo, a man she once praised. Finally, analyze the surprising rise of Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who now appears to be the GOP front-runner for governor.

One-on-one with Senator Brad Hoylman

In this edition of the New York Now podcast, Karen DeWitt sits down with Senator Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) to talk gun control, the Child Victims Act, and what it's like in 2018 to be the Senate's only openly gay member.
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