 In 2000, Carrese and Dewitt conducted the only long-form television interview with U.S. Senate candidate and First Lady Hillary Clinton, pairing it with a separately recorded conversation with her opponent Rick Lazio.In order to make it easier for reporters to appear on the show, the first season of NYWIR was recorded in an art gallery at the Albany Institute of History & Art instead of at WMHT's studio in Rotterdam, New York.The station later created a small studio in rented space walking distance from the New York State Capitol.