New Yorkers voted last week for public school budgets and board of education candidates in a year when national issues divided many local communities. Turnout was sharply up in many districts. According to the New York State School Boards Association, 99 percent of district budgets were approved, including a handful that overrode the tax cap. We speak with Executive Director Robert Schneider.
We speak with New York state Assemblywoman Latrice Walker. The Democrat has been in office since 2015, representing the 55th district — in Brooklyn.
Although Republicans didn’t break their losing streak in New York statewide elections in the midterms, they made big gains in races for Congress that...
Sadly, we bid farewell to WAMC's assistant news director Jim Levulis, who is leaving the station after 11 years.