With the legislative session just getting started in Albany, City & State held its annual State of Our State event on Tuesday, January 9th.

The event featured a panel discussion about some of the hot button issues set to be tackled by lawmakers and governor Andrew Cuomo.The panel included:– Cuomo policy adviser John Maggiore,– Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried,– Assembly Member Michaelle Solages, who chairs the task force on new americans,– Assembly Member David Weprin, who sits on the ways and means committee, and– state Senator Phil Boyle, who chairs the economic development committee.