David Guistina

(Airs 10/31/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Local lawmakers urge Governor Hochul to sign legislation streamlining the program for Minority and Women owned Businesses in the construction industry, we’ll speak with the coalition director for the Patients’ Rights Action Fund, who are opposed to Medical Aid in Dying legislation, and we’ll take you to a small town in the eastern Adirondacks – an unexpected home to military exercises.

(Airs 10/31/25 @ 3 p.m. & 11/2/25 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about covering A-I coming from the President, why the White House Press Core missed the demolition of the East Wing, the creator economy in journalism, and much more.

(Airs 10/30/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Erica Smitka, Executive Director of The League of Women Voters of New York State, about their motion to intervene in a DOJ lawsuit against 8 states, including New York, seeking unredacted statewide voter registration lists, the weaponization of redistricting, ethics reform, early voting, and more.

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Environmental advocacy groups urge New York voters to approve a state constitutional amendment, we’ll hear a bit of the last NYC Mayoral debate, and we’ll take you to the No Kings day protests in Albany.

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/26/25 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy Ira and David talk about more newspapers closing, the state tax credit for media in New York, and much more.

(Airs 10/23/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Avery Stempel, Co-President of New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives (NYMHA), about legislation to legalize the medicinal use of psilocybin mushrooms.

(Airs 10/17/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Towns and counties in New York will soon hold their elections in even-numbered years, we’ll talk with the leader of the effort to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act, and we’ll take you to a rural community experiencing a surge of bi-partisanship.

(Airs 10/17/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/19/25 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Mike talk about which news organizations refused to sign the Pentagon pledge, the value of local news, the threats to student journalism, and much more.

(Airs 10/16/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director of Compassion & Choices, about the Medical Aid in Dying Act, what’s in the legislation, who’s against it, and whether Governor Hochul will sign it into law.

(Airs 10/10/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: President Trump's Justice Department has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud, Medical Aid in Dying advocates visit the state capitol to urge Governor Hochul to sign the legislation, and The Adirondack Park Agency is pushing forward with plans to move its office to Saranac Lake.