The Capitol Pressroom for December 21, 2011

 

Now that the first round of economic development grants have been awards, we check in with ESD President & CEO, and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development Ken Adams on the process of implementation.
The City of Albany issued “Occupy Albany a permit to use Academy Park through December 22 (tomorrow). The demonstrators are currently looking for indoor office and meeting space, and hope to have a lease by next week. Occupy Albany’s Colin Donnaruma joins us in the studio.

A new alliance out of Rochester is coming together to fight for the City’s “fair share of services” from New York State.

Senator Kemp Hannon drops by with the latest on efforts by the Medicaid Redesign Team.

And why we should care about ‘fracking’ near schools.

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