There are just about six weeks left before New York state lawmakers wrap up the legislative session in Albany. It comes after majority Democrats checked off a laundry list of priorities in the state budget passed earlier this month. Manhattan Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell, from the 69th district, says there’s plenty left to do. Among his priorities are banning hydrofracking fluid from being used to de-ice roads in the state, extending voting rights to parolees, and bolstering the arts.
A longtime figure in city politics, Democrat Michele Madigan wants to become the next mayor of Saratoga Springs.
We sit down with Karen Weinberg of the Southern Adirondack Health Initiative.
We speak with NPR "All Things Considered" host Mary Louise Kelly about her new memoir, "It. Goes. So Fast.," about the last year with...