WAMC News Podcast - Episode 175

February 18, 2021 00:18:58
WAMC News Podcast - Episode 175
WAMC News Podcast
WAMC News Podcast - Episode 175

Feb 18 2021 | 00:18:58

/

Show Notes

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency pandemic powers could be rolled back next week. The Democrat is facing new questions about his leadership, and state lawmakers are threatening to strip him of the power to issue emergency orders.

Capital Region State Assemblyman John McDonald, a pharmacist, is a Democrat from the 108th district. He was on the high-profile call with lawmakers and top Cuomo administration officials last week when Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa acknowledged withholding information about COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents, citing concerns over a federal probe. McDonald says he supports limiting the governor’s emergency powers, and says questions remain about the pandemic response. (more…)

Other Episodes

Episode

July 18, 2024 00:10:35
Episode Cover

WAMC News Podcast - Episode 519

With the Summer Olympics in Paris upon us, reporter Rose Eveleth is looking back on the long history sexual division in elite sports. Eveleth’s...

Listen

Episode 0

August 29, 2022 00:18:37
Episode Cover

WAMC News Podcast - Episode 327

We break down the primary results for New York state Senate and Congress with New York State Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs.

Listen

Episode

June 27, 2022 00:11:39
Episode Cover

WAMC News Podcast - Episode 309

According to a new nationwide poll, more than three-quarters of adults have been personally affected by extreme weather in the past five years —...

Listen