New York Governor Kathy Hochul is confronting one of her first major tests after winning a full term in November. Her pick for the state’s new chief judge, Hector LaSalle, is being opposed by a coalition of progressive groups — and crucially, more than a dozen Democrats in the state Senate. We break it down with Albany Law School Professor Vincent Bonventre, who has been following the twists and turns on his New York Court Watcher website.
We speak with former New York state Senator Mike Martucci, the new Region 2 administrator for the EPA.
We speak with an RPI computer science professor whose model shows a Capital Region coronavirus peak in May or June, and we meet one...
As we barrel toward another presidential election that looks likely to be a rematch, the 2020 vote and its tortured aftermath still loom large....