David Guistina

(Airs 04/19/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: State lawmakers start passing parts of the state budget more than two weeks after it was due, we’ll get the President of the Citizens Budget Commission to critique the budget process, and two congressmen seek additional remediation of PCBs from the Hudson River.

(Airs 04/19/24 @ 3 p.m. & 04/20/24 @ 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, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ian talk about the Trump hush money trial and whether a judge can tell journalists what to print, the right wing revolt and calls for defunding NPR after a senior editor tell-all, and much more.

(Airs 04/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Andrew Rein, President of the Citizens Budget Commission about the Governor’s $237 billion dollar budget proposal, healthcare, school aid, and much more.

(Airs 04/12/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Another week goes by without a state budget agreement as lawmakers negotiate affordable housing and tenant protections, we’ll get an update on the immigrant situation from Lauren DesRosiers, incoming Director of the Immigration Law Clinic and Senator Gillibrand calls on her peers to reauthorize the Northern Border Regional Commission to promote economic development.

(Airs 04/12/24 @ 3 p.m. & 04/14/24 @ 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, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ira talk about coverage of the solar eclipse, a critique of NPR’s news coverage from within the newsroom, and much more.

(Airs 04/11/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation about immigration with Lauren DesRosiers, Senior Staff Attorney, Adjunct Professor, and the incoming Director of the Immigration Law Clinic and Albany Law School.

(Airs 04/05/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the late state budget will be even later, we’ll take a look at the some of the sticking points, we’ll have full coverage of the coming total eclipse impacting the North Country, and April is Autism awareness month, and we’ll introduce you to 16-year-old with Autism and his family.

(Airs 04/05/24 @ 3 p.m. & 04/07/24 @ 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, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus, Media Project producer David Guistina, and Daily Gazette News Columnist Andrew Waite. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Ian, David and Andrew talk about LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey calling a Washington Post profile on her a hit piece before it was published, ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo and the New York Times taking a shot at the city of Albany, and much more.

(Airs 04/04/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the budget negotiations, the lack of affordable housing, mental illness on the rise, village audits, and much more.

(Airs 03/29/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the governor and legislative leaders concede there will not be an on- time budget, we’ll talk with Hunger Solutions New York about funding for children who need free meals in school, and the State University of New York is expanding a free program aimed at growing the state’s workforce.