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b'We start the show in Albany, where climate activists hoped that Democratic super-majorities in the State Senate and State Assembly could deliver historic legislation that would greatly expand the state of New York\\u2019s role in producing renewable energy, create tens of thousands of union jobs and lower rates for consumers. The Build Public Renewables Act did pass the Senate at the end of May but then died in the Assembly without receiving a vote before the legislature adjourned for the year. \\n\\nState Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn and Illapa Sairitupac, a climate activist who is running for State Assembly in Lower Manhattan, join us to talk about the battle for public power in NY.\\n\\nIn the second half of the show, we talk about the new city budget that was passed Monday night. The $101 billion Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes full funding for the NYPD but cuts for a number of city agencies most notably the Department of Education while billions of federal stimulus money sits in coffers. \\n\\nWe hear from Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton about how budget passing works as well as from education advocates Leonie Haimson and Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, who are infuriated by the austerity budget cuts.'