State lawmakers are on track to see a 63 percent salary boost by 20-21, but critics question whether the pay hike is warranted, especially in light of state government's never ending tango with corruption.

Just this afternoon wrapped up sentencings in the Buffalo Billion trial:

Besides facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties,

Both Western New York developer Louis Ciminelli and Syracuse developer Joseph Gerardi received two and a half years behind bars,

And today, Syracuse developer Stephen Aiello was sentenced three years.

The members of the round table are:

Capital Tonight's own Nick Reisman, Bill Mahoney of Politico, and Josefa Velasquez, she's been on the show before but is making her debut on Capital Tonight as senior reporter for The City