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Feds impose new nursing home staffing standards
May 6, 2024 - Long Term Care Community Coalition Executive Director Richard Mollot talks about federal staffing regulations for nursing homes and responds to the adopted state budget.
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Government watchdog responds to adopted state budget
May 6, 2024 - Reinvent Albany Senior Policy Advisory Rachael Fauss provides a government watchdog perspective on how the state budget came together and what's inside it.
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State dollars begin to flow for zero-emission school buses
May 6, 2024 - Adam Ruder, director of NYSERDA's clean transportation group, provides an update on New York's effort to promote zero-emission school buses.
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State tax credit props up upstate film productions
May 6, 2024 - A state-commissioned report found that New York's film tax credit isn't worth its $700 million price tag, but communities that host productions love the subsidy. Albany County Film Commissioner Debby Goedeke discusses what the credit means for the Capital Region and why she wants it to continue.
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Report: State failing to deliver early intervention services
May 3, 2024 - We highlight New York's ongoing failure to provide adequate access to early intervention services for toddlers with Brigit Hurley, chief program officer for The Children's Agenda.
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State authorizes extension of mayoral control of NYC schools
May 3, 2024 - Politico New York education reporters Katelyn Cordero and Madina Touré discuss the continuation of mayoral control of New York City schools that was approved in the budget.
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