Blair Horner, executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, acknowledges that
establishment of a state constitutional convention, also up for voter approval next week, could not do anything further to revoke pensions retroactively based on past crimes.
A state appellate court panel has upheld a lower court's decision to toss a lawsuit brought by conservative activist Robert Schulz that attempted to shape the
makeup of a state constitutional convention — if the people of New York ever decide to hold another one, that is.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a bill to legalize aid in dying and the possibility
of a state constitutional convention.