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Northeast Notebook 11/9/26: Albany debt, Stefanik's vision of the GOP, and landlines

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Sam Dingman
Published November 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM EST
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik during a visit to Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh
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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has a vision for the future of the GOP. It's a far cry from the vision she previously endorsed.

Also this hour...

  • Budgetary tensions rise in Albany as Mayor Applyrs heads to Puerto Rico for a prestigious conference of Democratic power brokers.
  • A surprisingly large number of New Yorkers still rely on landline telephones. But service providers say it's no longer feasible to maintain the service, threatening the safety of people in rural areas.
  • Patients and doctors rally outside a hospital in Schenectady after a failed merger raises questions about the future of cardiology care.
  • A conversation with New York state Senator-elect Sarah Rogerson.
  • The existential backstory of co-host Josh Landes Bills fandom.

All that and more on this Nov. 9 edition of "Northeast Notebook."
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Sam Dingman
Sam Dingman is WAMC’s Hudson/Catskill Bureau Chief. Previously, he was co-host and reporter at “The Show” on KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR station. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast “Family Ghosts,” which has been hailed as a critic’s choice by NPR, the LA Times and the New York Times. Dingman also co-hosted the BlueWire original series “The Rumor,” which was featured in the Washington Post and New York Magazine, and was a Webby honoree for Best Podcast Writing. He was story editor for Lemonada Media’s Signal Award-winning series “Pack One Bag,” writer and showrunner for John Stamos’s Webby-winning podcast “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” editor of Karina Longworth’s “You Must Remember This,” and a producer for WNYC’s Peabody-winning “On the Media.” He is a four-time winner of the Moth Grand and Story Slams, and has created, written, hosted, produced and edited podcasts for The Atlantic, Audible Originals, Gilded Audio, Gimlet Media, Lincoln Center, Panoply Media, Paramount Pictures, Pushkin Industries, Spotify, Slate, Stitcher, and Wondery.
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