First hour: Chipotle's standards on how to treat animals
Second hour: The fate of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
In our first hour, you might have heard that Chipotle is not offering pork products at roughly a third of its locations across the country. The reason? They found out that a supplier is using gestation crates, which goes against Chipotle's standards of animal care. Gestation crates have been in the news lately, with NJ Gov Christie vetoing a bill in his state to ban them (and earning applause from Iowa farmers). NY State Assembly has such a bill, but it has never really gone anywhere. So who is raising pigs in humane ways around our area? You'll find out on the show, and we'll be joined by Chipotle's national director of communications.
In our second hour, there's plenty of state business to talk about, starting with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: can he survive the latest round of allegations? We've asked all members of the assembly from our area to join us, because it's not just Silver on the discussion menu. Governor Cuomo is in Rochester to talk about a new upstate fund. And we're getting ready for the State of the State.