About this episode
New Yorkers are voting on Proposition 1, which would add some new protections to the state constitution. Liz Krueger , New York State senator (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side ), chair of the finance committee (and one of the key legislators behind Prop 1), explains the thinking behind the measure, then, Brigid Bergin , WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about what it would do, and how the arguments for and against it have broken down along partisan lines.