The Capitol Pressroom for October 19, 2011

 

Our series on school financing continues with Merryl Tisch, Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents. The Regents will seek a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act’s requirements. Tisch discusses the decision as well as the connection between policy mandates and the cost of education.

The largest annual upstate networking event for the Latino community takes place this week at the Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica. Anthony “Tony” Colón of Techno-Logic Solutions & Tim Trent, community advocate join us to talk politics, business and the Latino community’s relationship with the Cuomo administration.

How effective has the Patriot Act been here in New York in the decade following the 9/11 attacks? We will preview a conversation called “Reflections on the Patriot Act” taking place Thursday at the Rockefeller Institute. Our guest is Rick Mathews, Director of the National Center for Security and Preparedness at UAlbany’s Rockefeller College.