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Legislative Gazette

  • (Airs 07/14/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: the cleanup continues after severe flooding this week, there’s a new poll out from Siena College Research Institute, will talk to Director Dr. Don Levy, and we’ll find out what the Consul General of Canada to New York was doing in Plattsburgh this week.
  • (Airs 07/07/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at New York’s rocky rollout of legal cannabis, we’ll talk about wildfire smoke and climate change with State Assemblymember and Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Deborah Glick, and the U.S. Interior Secretary visits the University at Albany to discuss offshore wind energy.
  • (Airs 06/16/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at how the issues of housing and criminal justice fared this legislative session, we speak with the Republican minority leader of the state assembly about his take on the session so far, and what comes next, and New York’s Independent System operator says rapid electrification is causing a surge in power demand.
  • (Airs 06/09/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll mark the end of the legislative session, and find out what made it through the final negotiations, former Legislative Gazette political observer and WAMC CEO Alan Chartock is honored by the state legislature, and we’ll find out how the army’s future leaders at West Point are learning about climate change.
  • (Airs 06/02/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Supporters of a bill that would legally give terminally ill people the option to end their lives make a last-minute pitch to lawmakers, Sarah Rogerson, Albany Law Professor and Director of the Immigration Law Clinic on migrants being sent upstate from New York City, and we’ll take you to the sentencing of Nauman Hussain, the operator of the limo company involved in the 2018 Schoharie crash that killed 20 people.
  • (Airs 05/26/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul is caught in the middle as the migrant crisis intensifies, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stops in Albany to call for an adjustment in the Medicare Wage Index, and the EPA provides an update on the cleanup of toxic PCBs from the Hudson River.
  • (Airs 05/19/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: County leaders across the state sound the alarm over what they call a growing migrant crisis, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Republican County Executive Steve Neuhaus about the migrant situation in Orange County, and the verdict is in, in the 2018 Schoharie limo tragedy trial – we’ll speak with Kevin Cushing, who lost his son Patrick in the crash.
  • (Airs 05/12/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: while the state budget has now been passed, there are still a number of issues on the negotiating table before the official end of session, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Ed Cox, the Chair of the state Republican party about bail reform changes in the budget, and a new study finds the Empire State second in the nation when it comes to electric vehicle readiness.
  • (Airs 04/28/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul says she and legislative leaders have a conceptual agreement on the budget, our political observer Alan Chartock speaks with Assembly Majority Leader Crystal People’s Stokes, and we’ll have a conversation with the head of the state Democratic party about President Biden announcing this week that he’ll run for re-election.
  • (Airs 04/21/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at what’s holding up the New York state budget now nearly three weeks late, we’ll talk with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about whether he has any input when it comes to budget negotiations, and public schools in New York will no longer be able to use Native American names, mascots and imagery.