By request, I’m posting my CapTon interview from last night with former Assemblyman Dan Feldman and Poli. Sci. Prof. Gerald Benjamin (who also happens to be my dad) about their new book, “Tales From the Sausage Factor: Making Laws in New York State.”

The book, which came out this week, takes the unusual stance that the infamously dysfunctional state Legislature can actually work – and even does from time to time, albeit more so when Feldman was in office than these days (particularly in the Senate).

It’s remarkably readable for an academic book. And I’m not just saying that because one of the authors is my father. It’s also highly unusual to hear a defense of Albany at a time when anti-incumbent and anti-Legilature sentiment is at an all-time high.

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