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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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. -
State politicians are getting involved in the New York City mayoral race, and a new poll has some good news for Democrats. -
A day after a conservative activist was killed on a college campus, the nation marked 9/11 remembrance ceremonies. WAMC’s Andrew Waite has this perspective on the emotional week. -
Andrew Waite and Jimmy Vielkind break down the week that was in New York state politics. -
An Albany neighborhood group is asking that no buildings on the former College of Saint Rose campus be sold while a redevelopment envisioning process is underway. -
New York Rep. Paul Tonko of the 20th district speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the Congressional Corner on June 26, 2025. -
They say Labor Day is when campaigns kick into high gear, and that’s certainly been true for New York City’s mayoral contest. -
New York’s students are showing marked improvement in English, math and science. That’s according to the preliminary 2024/2025 statewide testing data released by the New York State Education Department earlier this week. The results show 53% of New York third and eighth grade students are proficient in English Language Arts – up from 46% of students a year ago – while the percentage of students in those grades proficient in math increased from 52% last year to 55% this year. Meanwhile, fifth and eighth grade science proficiency rates have jumped from 35% to 44% over the past year. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed the test results with NYSED’s Assistant Commissioner for the Office of State Assessment Zachary Warner. -
With one of Canada’s worst wildfire seasons on record continuing to burn, most people have a sense of the emergency response required on the ground to fight forest fires. But the smoky haze intermittently blanketing Northeastern skies this summer signifies its own form of crisis that can test local and regional emergency personnel. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed these efforts with Empire State University’s Assistant Professor of Emergency Management Njoki Mwarumba. -
Over the past two weeks, four horses at Saratoga Race Course were euthanized and another died after receiving pre-race medications. While the New York Racing Association made big strides in lowering deaths during training and racing at Saratoga in 2024, the number of deaths so far this year could put the Saratoga racing and training season on track to match the troubling 2023 season.
