LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF NEW YORK IN CONCERT ON MONDAY, MAY 6TH AT 10PM. Back in 2022, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo curated the concert program “Everlasting Light,” originally in...
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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
LISTEN SATURDAY, MAY 4TH AT 1PM. Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera. Click here for the 2023-24 Met Opera Radio Broadcast Season. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 seaso...
May 3, 2024 - We examine the state's latest attempt to make the electric grid greener with Jessica Waldorf, chief of staff for the New York State Department of Public Service.
May 3, 2024 - Assembly Children & Families Committee Chair Andrew Hevesi, a Queens Democrat, discusses what did (and didn't) make it into the final budget that will impact families and explains w...
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.
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.
THIS CONCERT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024. Program notes courtesy of Carnegie Hall. SIR SIMON RATTLE conducts the BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in Mahler’s Sixth Symp...
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May 2, 2024 - New York Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan talks about the mental health portion of the state budget, including what it means for the non-profit workforce and mental...
May 2, 2024 - Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Pete Harckham, a Westchester County Democrat, discusses the environmental proposals that did (and didn't) make it into the final bu...
May 2, 2024 - New York State Budget Director Blake Washington discusses the recently adopted state budget, including the MCO tax, financial transparency, and education aid.
This episode of If This Hall Could Talk takes a close look at a Carnegie Hall icon: Judy Garland. With her magnificent and complex character, a public persona that often differed from her private...
17-year-old cellist Miriam K. Smith joins host Alexa Smith in the studio. She, along with pianist Julia Siciliano, plays music from Boccherini, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, and more. ...
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and we're celebrating every day! We’ll be featuring music performed, composed, or conducted by artists of Asian descent every day at 5pm. You’ll h...
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April 30, 2024 - New York State Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank Hoare talks about collecting tolls the state is owed, cracking down on speeders in work zones, and the overhaul of the s...
April 30, 2024 - We consider changes to New York's alcohol laws in the state budget and unfinished business with Scott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Associa...
April 30, 2024 - The development of New York's offshore wind portfolio was dealt a setback in April, as three projects were scrapped as the result of supply chain issues. We break down these deve...
Due to rights restrictions, we are unable to include the NJ Symphony's performance of the third movement from William Grant Still's First Symphony. Whether it’s on a barge in the East River o...
April 29, 2024 - We highlight a rural community outside the Capital Region that is competing for funds to expand local internet access. Schoharie County Administrator Korsah Akumfi discusses the ...
April 29, 2024 - Community Service Society of New York Vice President of Health Initiatives Elisabeth Benjamin breaks down language in the state budget designed to curtail medical debt and expand...
With a heavy heart, we share that our cherished colleague Bob Evans passed away on Wednesday, April 24th. A longtime classical music radio host, Bob recently returned to WQXR as a fill-in host ...
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LISTEN SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 1PM. Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera. Click here for the 2023-24 Met Opera Radio Broadcast Season. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 se...
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April 25, 2024 - Is New York going to be the next leader in artificial intelligence research? State policymakers hope so. Bloomberg Government Albany reporter Zach Williams explains the state's e...
April 25, 2024 - NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas discusses the state budget, including language designed to promote new home construction and increa...
April 25, 2024 - As part of an effort to address chronic conditions with healthy foods, Democratic lawmakers are pushing for Medicaid coverage of medically tailored meals. We explore the merits o...
Tonight, host Emi Ferguson shares performances from the awards ceremony for the 52nd George and Nora London Foundation, live from the Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum in New Yor...
April 24, 2024 - Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Patricia Fahy, an Albany-area Democrat, discusses the recently adopted state budget, including tuition assistance for students and aid f...
April 24, 2024 - New York State Association of Cemeteries Legislative Director David Fleming talks about the challenge of maintaining the state's non-profit cemeteries and highlights a statewide ...
April 24, 2024 - As the general counsel for the Berger Commission, Mark Ustin, a healthcare regulatory lawyer and lobbyist with Farrell Fritz, has firsthand knowledge about efforts to close and m...
April 24, 2024 - The state's Public Service Commission has a very important role, but do New Yorker understand what's going on? We explore how to make the work of the state regulator more accessi...
April 23, 2024 - Albany Law professor and New York Court Watcher blog author Vin Bonventre discusses how New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson has steered the state's top court.
April 23, 2024 - Siena College Research Institute pollster Steve Greenberg talks about a new survey of New York voters, which examined the asylum seeker crisis, illegal marijuana sales, and conge...
April 23, 2024 - Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Nathan Gusdorf weighs in on the topline spending figures in the new state budget and argues that New York could have spent more given i...
April 23, 2024 - With the Biden administration adopting new drinking water regulations for PFAS, Kate Donovan, northeast director of environmental health for the Natural Resources Defense Council...
April 22, 2024 - We discuss parking in the Adirondack Park, as the state plans another year of reservation parking for the Adirondack Mountain Reserve. We speak with DEC Deputy Commissioner of Na...
April 22, 2024 - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation interim Commissioner Sean Mahar talks about his new leadership role and the short-term challenges he faces.
Despite the reach of Spanish music and culture, much of the rich Spanish piano repertoire remains unexplored. In the final installment of the Sounds of Spain on Reflections From the Keyboard, hos...
IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM AIRS AT 8PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST. The springtime Jewish holiday of Passover is about liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. In this one-hour special, violinist Itzhak P...
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LISTEN SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH AT 1PM. Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera. Click here for the 2023-24 Met Opera Radio Broadcast Season. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 se...
April 19, 2024 - New York's pay frequency law requires manual workers get paid weekly, but the implementation of this requirement is the subject of various legal challenges, according to Jared Co...
THIS CONCERT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2024. Program notes courtesy of Carnegie Hall. The exemplary DANISH STRING QUARTET presents the fourth installment of its Doppelg�...
If This Hall Could Talk tells the story of culture in America as witnessed at one iconic venue: New York City’s Carnegie Hall. It’s long been a destination for the world’s top musical talen...
April 18, 2024 - Assembly Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Committee Chair Phil Steck, a Capital Region Democrat, discusses his legislation to expand the types of opioid reversal agents that are widely de...
April 18, 2024 - We consider legislation requiring informed consent to screen pregnant and postpartum mothers for drugs and alcohol with the help of Jenna Lauter, policy council for the New York ...
April 18, 2024 - Assemblymember Harry Bronson, a Rochester-area Democrat, and Maya Benattar, a licensed creative arts therapist, make the case for legislation expanding access to creative arts th...
April 18, 2024 - We talk about the importance of preserving New York's native plants with Ed Toth, director of the Mid-Atlantic Seed Bank, and Janice Wiles, co-founder of a native seeds and plant...
Tonight, host Emi Ferguson is joined in the studio by cellist Coleman Itzkoff and pianist Mika Sasaki . Coleman shares a program of Bach, Esmail, Vasks, Clara Schumann and more. Coleman Itzkof...