NYS Ethics Reform; Bette Midler; NJ Overdose Crisis

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2014

The new New York State budget deal contains some ethics reforms that will likely mean the end of the governor’s anti-corruption commission. Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York explains which ethics reforms made it into the deal, and what was left out. Plus: Bette Midler looks back on her 1980 world tour, and talks about her work on behalf of neglected city parks; and a new report details a growing drug addiction and overdose crisis among young people in New Jersey. 

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