Broome County May Join Lawsuit Against The Makers Of Opiate Painkillers

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October 26, 2016
TODAY'S STORIES

Farmworker Lawsuit Over Unionizing Could Reshape NY Agriculture
The battle lines are drawn over a lawsuit that could reshape agriculture in New York State. 

Cuomo Pushes For Democratic Takeover Of The State Senate
Governor Cuomo took a step deeper into the partisan politics of the State Senate Tuesday night, telling two Democratic factions they'll have to work together if the November elections go their way. 

Broome County May Join Lawsuit Against The Makers Of Opiate Painkillers
At a campaign event Tuesday, Broome County Executive Debbie Preston announced she'll join with Suffolk County, New York in a lawsuit against the makers of opioid painkillers. 

SPOTLIGHT
With the election just a couple weeks away, you might want to do a little homework. Our website, www.wskgnews.org, can help. Just a couple clicks and you can access a voter's guide to many of the congressional races in upstate New York. Plus, every debate and candidates' forum broadcast by WSKG is archived there, so you can listen/watch it again.
ON THIS AFTERNOON

The Capitol Pressroom
Host Susan Arbetter will have more on the short-term rental statute from Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan), who championed the legislation this past session.

Then she will speak with Rich Honen, a partner at Phillips Lytle LLP who focuses his practice in corporate, finance and venture capital law and complex commercial litigation, about whether New York regulation, like the new Airbnb law, is hampering consumer-driven tech business across the state.

The League of Women Votershas launched the 2016 Vote 411 electronic voter guide. We will speak with the League's Director of Program and Policy Jennifer Wilson and Legislative Director Barbara Bartoletti about the guide and other voting issues in New York.

Then John Kaehny, the executive director of Reinvent Albany, will explain watchdog groups' letter to Empire State Development President & CEO Howard Zemsky urging him to stop using state nonprofits and SUNY for economic development contract awards because, watchdogs argue, it makes these contracts more prone to corruption and abuse.

October 26, 3:00pm | WSQX RADIO

ON THIS EVENING
On the next Fresh Air, The "Twitter Paradox."  How the design that makes it a great platform for free speech and interconnectivity, has also made it a platform for bullying, also known as trolling. We'll talk with Charlie Warzel, who covers technology for Buzzfeed and has written a series of articles about what twitter is and isn't doing about trolling.

October 26, 4:00pm | WSQX RADIO
October 26, 6:00pm | WSKG RADIO



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