The mayor of Plattsburgh is calling on the city to once again consider changing its form of government. Democrat Chris Rosenquest says he wants a new commission to explore changing from a “strong mayor” model to a “council-manager” form. Under the current setup, the mayor is the city’s chief executive and presides over the common council. A council-manager arrangement would include elected councilors and a mayor plus a hired city manager.
Over his many decades in public life, Richard Ravitch has worked in the private sector and the upper echelons of New York state government....
We host New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney of the 18th district for an extended conversation about the midterms, Ukraine, COVID, and much more.
We speak with Mass. Rep. Richard Neal, a Democrat from the 1st district and the ranking member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.