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Legislative Gazette

  • New York’s minimum wage workers saw their pay increase with the new year. The state Department of Labor Commissioner says more than a million workers are affected.
  • Businesses in Albany are welcoming the start of the state legislative session, as lawmakers, staffers, and others flock to New York’s capital city.
  • (Airs 10/27/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Advocates testify about the need to expand New York’s bottle deposit law, we’ll take you to Saranac Lake where there’s now the first vending machine outside NYC to dispense the overdose reversal drug Narcan, and SUNY Chancellor King shares his thoughts on how the university is approaching the use of artificial intelligence in learning.
  • (Airs 09/22/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs a law to make it easier for New Yorkers to access mail-in voting, Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay on the Republican plan to deal with migrants, and fall foliage season begins upstate.
  • (Airs 09/15/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The state’s first African American chief judge, Rowan Wilson, was inducted into his post, a conversation about the state’s nation leading climate leadership and community protection act, and we’ll remember the 22nd anniversary of 9/11.
  • (Airs 09/01/23 @ 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 says New York state health officials are on the lookout for a new COVID-19 variant, a group of professors has filed a class action gender pay gap lawsuit against Vassar College, and we’ll take a closer look at Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
  • (Airs 08/25/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll update the migrant situation in New York, including an investigation by the state attorney general into the company hired to coordinate their relocation, and we’ll talk with the director of the Siena Poll about how New Yorkers are viewing the influx of migrants.
  • (Airs 08/11/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Senator Schumer promotes legislation in Plattsburgh that would sanction China for its role in contributing to the overdose crisis, Governor Kathy Hochul announces a new strategy to bolster the state’s cybersecurity, and we’ll speak with Ed Cox, the head of the Republican Party in New York.
  • (Airs 07/28/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: state's power grid operator says there might not be enough power to supply the NYC area in two years, we’ll speak with the ED of Equality New York about their 2024 legislative goals for the LGTBQI community, and we’ll riding along with the wounded warrior project.
  • (Airs 07/21/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The New York state Office of Cannabis Management approved a measure this week to allow cannabis to be sold at fairs, festivals, concerts and other related events, we’ll talk to the new executive director of Environmental Advocates New York about their legislative priorities as the state deals with climate change, and the State Department of Health and the State Office for the Aging draft a master plan for aging.