New York gets a new law to combat climate change. In Connecticut Governor Lamont keeps pushing for tolls, but he did get a deal on pensions. Those are just some of the stories we’ll cover today with our guests:

A budget watchdog group says New York’s budgeters used a sleight of hand to make it seem as though the state was adhering to a legal cap on the growth of health care spending, by shifting a Medicaid payment from last fiscal year to this year.

Beth Berlin will serve as acting Commissioner of the New York State Education Department starting in September.

Rudy Sunderman says he will continue to serve as a Suffolk County legislator and fire district manager in Centereach, Long Island.

A consultant group recommends the Metropolitan Transportation Authority consolidate more than 40 of its various agencies into six departments in an effort to cut costs.