Columbia County, NY Politics, Culture, News, Interviews and Discussion

@Issue features interviews and discussion on a wide range of local issues, culture and politics. On the Wednesday December 21 episode of @Issue we will be joined by Supervisor William Hughes, Jr. (D-Hudson4) who is the Minority Leader on the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Hughes will discuss a wide range of topics affecting Columbia County and our entire region, including affordable housing, plans to tackle opiate dependency, county budget, Hudson’s North Bay Recreation Area, NYS economic development grants, changes at the Hudson Housing Authority, the county airport and the push to have Hudson declared a “Sanctuary City”. Hosted by Seth Rogovoy and Victor Mendolia.

Victor Mendolia is a Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker with Beach & Bartolo Realtors. He is the former Chairman of the Hudson City Democratic Committee. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Positive Health (formerly the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York). Victor ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Hudson in 2013. Mendolia is also a former board member of the Hudson Pride Foundation and the Hudson Development Corporation.

Seth Rogovoy is a writer, editor, critic and renowned Dylan scholar. He is also editor and publisher of The Rogovoy Report, an online magazine of cultural and critical news and observations, and BerkshireDaily, a five-day-a-week e-newsletter aggregating news, features, and commentary from around the corner and around the globe.