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Special Session, Senator Stewart-Cousins, Opioid Crisis

Season 2020 Episode 51 | 26m 46s

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins discusses the state's budget deficit and priorities for Democrats in the Senate. State lawmakers may be returning to Albany to enact new taxes on the rich. Amanda Fries and Bernadette Hogan discuss new allegations of sexual harassment made against Governor Andrew Cuomo. Learn how lawmakers want the state to respond to the worsening opioid epidemic.

Aired: 12/18/20 | Rating: NR

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Extras From This Episode

• Reporters Roundtable: New Taxes, Sexual Harassment Claims

  Clip: S2020 Ep51 | 8m 1s

• Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins on State Budget, Priorities

  Clip: S2020 Ep51 | 8m 1s

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