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(Airs 02/15/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) about the environment, voting rights, how New York is failing when it comes to cancer, and much more.
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(Airs 02/09/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll take a look at how the migrant crisis is playing out in state budget negotiations, the issue of whether to legalize wine sales in grocery stores is back again this year, and A bipartisan delegation of lawmakers joins a federal lawsuit to block the MTA’s congestion pricing plan.
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(Airs 02/08/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Kathy Sheehan, President of the New York state Conference of Mayors and Mayor of Albany about what cities, towns, and villages are asking for from state government and how much that will cost.
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(Airs 02/01/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the governor approving temporary employment for migrants, education and hold harmless, cannabis, climate change, and much more.
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(Airs 01/26/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Members of both parties are in almost universal opposition to Governor Hochul’s proposal to direct less money to New York schools and change how that aid is distributed, we’ll bring you the verdict in the driveway shooting trial that received national attention, and New York gets a failing grade for Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Funding.
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(Airs 01/25/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York Republican Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay about his recent trip to China, the governor’s budget proposal, use of the rainy-day fund for migrants, education, climate change, public safety, and much more.
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(Airs 01/19/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: NY Governor Hochul releases her budget proposal, we’ll have reaction from lawmakers in the Hudson Valley and North Country, and we’ll talk to the state comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the governor’s use of the rainy-day fund to deal with the migrant issue.
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(Airs 01/19/24 @ 3 p.m. & 01/21/24 @ 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, 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 whether the media has overplayed coverage of the Iowa caucuses, a listener letter on whether a journalist needs to be experts, and much more.
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(Airs 01/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the Governor Hochul's budget proposal, the rainy day fund, migrants, and much more.
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(Airs 01/12/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her third state of the state address, we’ll have mixed reaction from state lawmakers, we’ll speak with the state labor commissioner about the impact of the rise in the minimum wage, and the American Lung Association in New York is urging everyone to test their homes for radon gas.