Liz Benjamin

WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan and Liz Benjamin, former longtime Albany journalist, now political consultant, talk about Gov. Hochul's swearing in and the challenges she will face. 

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight on Time Warner Cable News and Capital New York columnist, discusses the latest about Governor Cuomo, upstate lawmakers, and Mayor de Blasio and their fight over funding pre-K and other budget matters.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight and State of Politics blogger, and Grace Rauh, NY1 political reporter, discuss the showdown between Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio over Universal Pre-K.

 

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, talks about Ed Koch and New York Uprising, the campaign to get state legislators to pledge to reform redistricting.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, talks about the congressional and state races.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, talks about Gov. Cuomo's support for the Republican state senators who backed gay marriage.

Blogger Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, looks at Kathy Hochul's campaigns in 2011 and 2012 and what they might have to say about the effect of Paul Ryan on the national ticket.

Liz Benjamin, blogger and host of "Capitol Tonight", reviews the budget agreement and the fate of health exchanges in New York.

The results are in. Republican Bob Turner beats Democrat David Weprin in the NY-9 seat. Digest the outcome with Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight and blogger at the State of Politics blog.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, and Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett discuss what’s on the docket in Albany, one week before the end of the legislative session.

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Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, counts the votes in Albany and discusses the prospects for allowing gay marriage in New York State.

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If there's anything we've learned over and over again, it's that we do a terrible job on Medicaid and a terrible job on education despite spending more money than any other state in t...

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight and blogger, and Greg David, director of the business and economics program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, talk about the latest with the state budget in Albany.

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Columbia Journalism Review staff writer Clint Hendler and Gawker columnist John Cook discuss their FOIA requests for correspondence between reporters and Governor Paterson's press secretaries and what they reveal, and Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, talks about having her own emails exposed.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist, and Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist college poll preview the general elections in New York.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist, talks about the latest with Governor Paterson and the budget, Representative Rangel, and the Republicans vying for the gubernatorial nomination.

Liz Benjamin, host of "Capital Tonight," blogger, and Daily News columnist, gives an update on the latest in the budget battles.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist is on with Peter Iglinski, senior correspondent at Rochester Public Radio. They talk about the just-concluded New York Democratic convention and the start of Cuomo's official campaign.

A one-day furlough of state workers was scheduled by Governor Paterson to begin next week, but a federal judge has temporarily blocked the plan.  Host of Capital Tonight and Daily News columnist Liz Benjamin discusses the judge's decision and the state of New York's finances.

The 2010 Senate race field may get more crowded with Harold Ford, Jr. "strongly considering" challenging Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary. Liz Benjamin of the Daily News breaks down the latest.