Martin Golden

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, and Martin Golden, New York State Senator (R-22), discuss the proposal in the state legislature to allow the use of old-fashioned lever machines in the case of a runoff vote in this fall's mayoral election and the opposition to this measure.

New York State Senators Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan, 26th district), and Martin Golden (R-22nd district, Brooklyn; Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend and parts of Sheepshead Bay, Borough Park and Midwood), discuss delays in determining party control of the New York State Senate.

Martin Golden, New York State Senator, R-22, Brooklyn, argues that Governor Paterson should veto legislation prohibiting keeping the names of the innocent who are stopped and frisked by the police. Eric Adams, New York State Senator, D-20, Brooklyn, and former head of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, defends the bill he sponsored in the Senate prohibiting the NYPD from adding information on innocent individuals who are stopped and frisked.

New York State Senators Martin Golden (R-22nd) and Bill Perkins (D-30th) discuss the debate over renewing mayoral control of the New York City public schools and how the "coup" in Albany affects that legislation.

Drop in overall crime in New York should make NY residents happy, but it’s got some officials worried—a drop in crime also means fewer inmates in prison. New York Times reporter Jim Dwyer explains how closing several prisons brought up big issues for this years state budget, considering ...

The deadline for the budget has passed. Democrat State Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Republican State Senator Martin Golden talk about its status and the prospects of the congestion pricing plan.

New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-86th District-Westchester County) and Senator Martin Golden (R-22, Brooklyn) react to the Spitzer story.

New York State Senator Martin Golden, R-22, and New York City Council member John Liu, D-20, explain what was and what was not agreed upon in the congestion pricing deal.

New York State Senators Martin Golden, Republican from Brooklyn’s 22nd district, and Liz Krueger, Democrat from Manhattan’s 26th Senate district, discuss the end of Albany's legislative session.