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Full Episode: NY's 'Major Reopening', Senate Mental Health Chair Samra Brouk, Ezra Prentice Update

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NY's 'Major Reopening', Senate Mental Health Chair Samra Brouk, Ezra Prentice Update

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On This Week's Edition

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On this week's edition of New York NOW: New York is slated for a 'major reopening' later this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week. We'll have details.

Karen DeWitt from New York State Public Radio and Marina Villeneuve from the Associated Press join us to discuss the news of the week, including a power struggle involving North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Senate Mental Health Chair Samra Brouk, D-Rochester, explains a new mental health crisis line that would act like 911, but for mental health emergencies, and parts of the state budget on mental health. 

And the Ezra Prentice Homes in Albany have long been plagued by environmental pollution. Residents, who are mostly people of color, are weighing their options as the state decides how to move forward. Darrell Camp reports.


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