Gerald Benjamin

Debaters weigh in on whether New York state should hold a constitutional convention to "fix" the state constitution.

Brian Lehrer broadcasts his show from The Greene Space, talking with guests and taking questions from callers and the studio audience. 

Gerald Benjamin, associate vice president for regional engagement and director of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz and the author of The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics, discusses the gambling referendum on the November ballot to allow seven casinos in New York State.

As the wire taps yield more unsavory stories from Albany, Gerald Benjamin, associate vice president for regional engagement and director of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach, and author of The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics, talks about the chances of reform, but also asks if prosecutors have too much leeway.

Gerald Benjamin, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Political Science, and Daniel Feldman, Associate Professor of Public Management at John Jay College, discuss their new book Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State.

What's the connection between campaign contributions and policy making? We ask Gerald Benjamin, former elected official in Ulster County, and Dean of liberal arts & sciences at SUNY, New Paltz.
This is a follow-up to our interview with New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky when we asked him if his ...