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Midday Magazine

NYS news of the week

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Andrew Waite
Published January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM EST
Jimmy Vielkind, of the New York Public News Network
Courtesy Jimmy Vielkind, WNYC
Jimmy Vielkind, of the New York Public News Network

Zohran Mamdani has officially been sworn in as New York City’s mayor. And a new year means multiple new laws. WAMC’s Andrew Waite and the New York Public News Network’s Jimmy Vielkind discussed the latest in state politics.
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Andrew Waite
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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