Andrew Waite
Managing EditorAndrew 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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Jimmy Vielkind breaks down the week's biggest New York state political news. -
New York could enter the national fight over redistricting, and things are down to the wire in the New York City mayoral race. WAMC’s Andrew Waite and Jimmy Vielkind, of the New York Public News Network, discussed the week's biggest New York political stories.
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Vermont Congressperson Becca Balint speaks with Andrew Waite in the Congressional Corner. -
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed federal lawsuits against six states – including New York – seeking unredacted statewide voter registration lists. Last week, the League of Women Voters of New York State filed a motion to intervene in the case. -
Jimmy Vielkind, of the New York Public News Network, discusses the biggest stories in state politics with WAMC's Andrew Waite.
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After pressure from President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors secured an indictment of Attorney General Letitia James. She’s the latest of Trump’s adversaries to be prosecuted. WAMC’s Andrew Waite and Jimmy Vielkind, of the New York Public News Network, break down the case, its implications and everything else in New York politics.
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Between the federal government shutdown, New York City Mayor Eric Adams ending his campaign, and the dispersal of state checks, WAMC’s Andrew Waite and the New York Pubic News Network’s Jimmy Vielkind had much to discuss in their weekly conversation.
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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. -
From prison staffing to golf course jeers and downstate casinos, The New York Public News Network's Andrew Waite and Jimmy Vielkind chatted about some of the state’s biggest political stories of the week. -
An alleged murder and ensuing manhunt have unnerved the region this week. WAMC’s Andrew Waite has this perspective on how the case underscores the need for an urgent pursuit of solutions.
