This image provided by the Office of The Governor, shows New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, seated center, after she signed a bill, in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, to create a reparations commission.

State Budget; Congestion Pricing; Kara Swisher

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 29, 2024

Coming up on today's show:

  • New York State legislators have left town for the holiday weekend without passing the budget before the April 1st deadline. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what the sticking points are, and what is likely to make it into the more than $200 billion budget.

  • Congestion pricing has cleared one of its biggest hurdles, and is now headed to the Federal Highway Administration where it is likely to be approved. Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about which fares made the cut and what comes next.
  • Kara Swisher, tech journalist, host of the podcasts "On with Kara Swisher" and "Pivot" and the author of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story (Simon & Schuster, 2024), tells her story as it overlaps with that of the tech industry, and what's gone right and where it's gone wrong.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

 

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