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How will the shutdown impact New York politics?

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Andrew Waite
Published October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM EDT
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives at the NBC studios to participate in a Democratic mayoral primary debate, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
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Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives at the NBC studios to participate in a Democratic mayoral primary debate, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

With the federal government shutdown now in effect, the finger pointing has begun. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed the blame game as well as the shutdown’s potential influence on New York politics with Siena University political science professor Len Cutler.   
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Andrew Waite has worked as The Daily Gazette’s featured news columnist, an editor at Alaska Airlines magazine, and in community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He is a graduate of Albany High School and Boston University’s journalism school, and he returned to the Capital Region with his wife, daughter and son in 2021.
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