David Guistina

(Airs 07/26/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll have reaction to President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris, a conversation with the interim commissioner of the DEC about managing wildfires in the state, and the planned closure of an upstate correctional facility has locals concerned about the future.

(Airs 07/26/24 @ 3 p.m. & 07/28/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ian talk about what right wing media figures are saying about Kamala Harris, the appetite for more news about the former Vice President, former President and current President, and much more.

(Airs 07/25/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar.

(Airs 07/19/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul convenes a youth mental health roundtable, two upstate prisons are closing, and we’ll have reaction from Hudson Valley lawmakers to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

(Airs 07/19/24 @ 3 p.m. & 07/21/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ira talk about media coverage of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, the Republican national convention, and much more.

(Airs 07/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the GOP national convention platform and its potential impact on New York, whether President Biden should step aside for a younger candidate, the suspension of congestion pricing, cell phones in schools, and update on the legal cannabis industry, and much more.

(Airs 07/12/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Albany officially becomes the first municipality in New York state to opt-in to the Good Cause Eviction law, John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, shares his unhappy thoughts about the failed Congestion Pricing Plan for NYC, and we’ll take you to a paddle race that’s making a resurgence in the Adirondacks.

(Airs 07/12/24 @ 3 p.m. & 07/14/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about how the media is covering the Presidential race, whether reporters should accept questions fed to them by politicians, and more.

(Airs 07/11/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, about the failed Congestion Pricing Plan, transparency in government, and much more.

(Airs 07/05/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With President Biden facing growing public pressure to step aside after last week's debate, prominent upstate New York Democrats are divided on the question, we’ll speak with Deanna Fox, the new CEO of the NY Farm Bureau about how farmers fared in the recent legislative session, and Saranac Lake is planning to celebrate an historic link between the Philippines and the Adirondack village in August.