Episode 1
State Senator Neil Breslin
After nearly three decades in the NYS Senate, Neil Breslin speaks about his impending retirement and last few months of the legislative session
Power & Politics · WRGB CBS6, Power And Politics, Tom Eschen
August 23, 202421m 25s
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Show Notes
They discuss:
- Breslin's retirement after 28 years of serving in the Senate, the Chamber's longest tenured Senator
- Breslin's brothers, who all held public office at one point in their careers
- Migrant crisis, and why Breslin believes immigrant can help solve New York's outmigration problem, helping fill jobs
- The cost of the legislature's budget proposal, going about $13 billion above Governor Kathy Hochul's, over $240 billion from the Senate
- His thoughts on Governor Kathy Hochul's relationship with the legislature, and why he thinks this budget conversation will make a big difference
- His perspective in working with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- What he believes need to change the most in the legislature
- Dorcey Applyrs, who he has endorsed in Albany's 2025 Mayoral Race
- The age of Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump
- His plans for retirement, and what he wants to address the most
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