EP 05: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan
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A ruling by Judge Juan Merchan on Donald Trump’s motion to set aside his New York hush-money conviction is expectedContinue Reading
Governor Hochul recently delayed implementation of congestion pricing, right before it was supposed to be implemented. Why? What will happen now? Will congestion pricing ever happen? How will this impact traffic, transit improvements and the MTA budget?
Governor Hochul’s last-second announcement on June 5th, 2024, to pause New York’s Congestion Pricing Plan caused understandable dismay and evenContinue Reading
In this episode, Jim chats with his guests about significant features of the NYS budget (the NYS House and Senate recently passed separate versions, but the full legislature has yet to pass a final version) and also dives more deeply into the affordable housing crisis.
The New York State Department of Labor reported on March 7th, 2024 that employment in New York grew by overContinue Reading
Jim sits down with NYS Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine
(D-13th District, Nassau County) and Jeffrey M. Wice, Adjunct Professor/Senior Fellow, NY Census & Redistricting Institute, NY Law School to discuss the NYS State Court of Appeals ruling that the State’s Congressional district maps set in 2022 must be redrawn yet again.
On December 12, 2023, the New York State Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, ruled that the State’s CongressionalContinue Reading
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s Nov. 14th newsletter provided these figures for the census in the shelter system asContinue Reading
Jim interviews three knowledgeable guests about the current migrant crisis in NYC in this episode of Jim’s new podcast series.




