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Assemblymember Jen Lunsford on the 2025-2026 NYS budget

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published June 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM EDT
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Jen Lunsford with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, June 30, 2025
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New York State has a budget, and it addresses a range of issues: child care; taxes; economic development; nursing homes; the list is long.

Assemblymember Jen Lunsford has said that New York State needs to guard against the Trump administration's policies in some ways. We discuss how, and we talk about what's in the budget and why.

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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