Governor Kathy Hochul

Could a mile-long canal help revitalize Albany’s waterfront? Several local leaders are already on board. That has one group hoping support from the governor could be on the horizon.

(Airs 12/25/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Paul Wolf, President Emeritus of The New York Coalition for Open Government, about why they put Governor Kathy Hochul on their naughty list for the third year in a row, and much more.

With the calendar year wrapping up and Governor Kathy Hochul filtering through hundreds of bills, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest issues that New York State politics faced this year.

(Airs 12/19/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced her support this week for medical aid in dying legislation, the New York State Energy Planning Board adopts an energy plan for the state, and we’ll visit a high school to talk to educators and students about how the cell phone ban is going.

Writing in the Times Union, the Democrat expressed her intent to sign legislation that allows for physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients as long as the New York State Legislature agrees to additional guardrails on the measure that passed both houses in June.

(Airs 12/11/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York Senator James Skoufis, a Democrat, about his new retail to retail bill, the situation with the Orange County IDA and an Amazon warehouse proposal, whether his relationship with Governor Hochul is strained, and much more.

A project to renovate Albany’s Empire State Plaza is one of many being backed by a $400 million state investment included in this year’s New York state budget to help reimagine the capital city. The state Office of General Services is collecting public input on suggested changes.

(Airs 11/20/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Pollster Steven Greenberg of the Siena Poll about the latest numbers on the New York governor’s race between Govenor Kathy Hochul, Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado, and Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, how New Yorker’s feel about New York City Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani, and 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.

New York has rolled out a new program that relies on manufactured homes to tackle housing affordability.