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Primary Day Preview

With primary day around the corner, we preview some races to watch at our Reporters Roundtable, including the battle between Governor Andrew Cuomo and challenger Zephyr Teachout. Also, with the start of a new school year, we sit down with Tim Kremer, Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association, to talk about the pressing issues facing districts.

The Wilderness Act 50 Years Later

DEC Commissioner Joe Martens joins us atop Sleeping Beauty Mountain in the Adirondack Park as we learn the story of the Wilderness Act and its connection to the North Country. We also meet Vietnam veteran, Brother Yusuf Burgess, who used the 'Great Outdoors' to fight back against his PTSD symptoms and now introduces inner-city kids to the splendor of Mother Nature.

GOP Attorney General Nominee Cahill

Republican Attorney General Nominee John Cahill, the top aide to former Governor George Pataki, makes his case as to why he thinks the office needs new leadership. Also, at our Reporters Roundtable, we discuss the week's headlines including Zephyr Teachout's residency case and the upcoming primaries.

Farmers Helping Farmers

Learn how a group of farmers in the Catskills are working together to help sustain their businesses. At our Reporters Roundtable we discuss Gov. Cuomo's trip overseas & his challenger, Zephyr Teachout, surviving the 1st residency court case. Also, Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group joins us to talk about the Moreland mess, public campaign financing, & redistricting.

Rochester Race Riots Revisited

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Rochester Race Riots when, for three long days, city residents along Joseph Avenue clashed with police. We tour the area affected with Verdis Robinson, a professor of history and African-American studies at nearby Monroe Community College. Also, we discuss the latest headlines, including the Moreland matter, at our Reporters Roundtable.

Cuomo Challenger Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Teachout, Governor Cuomo's challenger in the upcoming primary, sits down with our Karen DeWitt to explain why she thinks she call pull off an upset in September. Though people are calling her campaign against one of the most well-known governors in the country as 'Quixotic,' Teachout says she's in the race to win. Also, we discuss the Moreland Commission scandal at the Reporters Roundtable.

Zombie Properties

One of the biggest challenges for small upstate cities can be the abundance of 'zombie properties' or residences that have long since been abandoned. Four of these municipalities in the greater Capital Region are hoping the Center for Technology in Government can help them fight this urban blight and make their communities come alive again. Also, take a rare look into the Empire State Plaza.

Adirondack Resort in Tupper Lake

It's a battle that's been going on for nearly a decade in the North Country town of Tupper Lake. A plan to create the Adirondack Club and Resort that would build around 700 homes and townhouses, a marina and revamp the local ski center, has finally been approved. Also, Karen DeWitt sits down with the new president of the powerful New York State United Teachers union, Karen Magee.

Interview with EPA's Judith Enck

NYN sits down with the EPA Administrator for New York, Judith Enck. We discuss the president's new greenhouse gas initiative, the health of the Hudson River and if the problem of acid rain in the Adirondacks is lessening. Also, catch up on a busy first few weeks of summer, politically speaking, with Karen DeWitt of NYS Public Radio.

Primary Day Discussion with Thom Hallock

Journalist Thom Hallock of Mountain Lake PBS discusses the outcome of Primary Day in the North Country and looks ahead to the November election where Elise Stefanik will take on Democrat Aaron Woolf and Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello. Also, Innovation Trail reports about preventing violent crime on college campuses.