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The Brian Lehrer Show

End of Session in Albany

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the end of the legislative session in Albany and the "Medical Aid in Dying" bill.

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0:00.0

Brian Laird on WNYC. So how would Governor Hokel respond if the kind of Trump mass deportation

0:18.2

workplace immigration raid took place in New York, and there were protests as a result.

0:24.6

How, with the legislative session ending in Albany this week for the year, how is this session going to end?

0:33.0

And around what kinds of issues?

0:35.3

One bill that's getting a lot of attention right now is the

0:37.8

Medical Aid and Dying Act that's been passed by the Assembly and is supposed to get a vote in the

0:43.4

Senate later today. It's never gotten this far before and the vote is expected to be close. We'll talk about

0:48.1

that and more with WNYC Albany reporter John Campbell. We'll also touch on that surprise endorsement of Andrew Cuomo on

0:56.9

Friday from a member of the state Senate. And that, of course, is Jessica Ramos, who had had the

1:01.5

Working Families Party endorsement for ranking number five on your ranked choice ballot,

1:07.4

mayoral primary Democratic voters. So there's lots of New York State News. Hi, John.

1:13.2

Hi, Brian. Before we get to the legislation, I want to see if Governor Hokel, because I haven't

1:20.4

seen it in my reading this morning, has reacted to the situation in Los Angeles where the Trump

1:26.6

administration sent in National Guard

1:28.4

troops to quell protests without consulting the governor there, first time in 60 years that a president

1:36.6

has sent in National Guard troops over the objection of a governor, and even just how

1:43.3

Hockel might respond to the raid that started all of this,

1:47.7

a workplace immigration raid, different than what we've seen in New York so far.

1:52.6

Has she commented?

1:54.3

Well, the answer is kind of.

1:57.6

The only comment she's made to this point was she signed on to a joint statement with the Democratic Governors Association.

2:06.2

I mean, it's got a couple dozen governors on there.

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