Mental Health Laws

(Airs 02/06/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul takes her strongest stance yet amid tensions over ICE, the governor proposes several initiatives to assist the state’s farmers, and The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families want more mental health support.

(Airs 01/30/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Avery Stempel, Co-founder of New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives (NYMHA), who’s non-profit organization is supporting four bills in the legislature to make psilocybin-containing mushrooms legal.

Governor Peter Shumlin is planning to ask the Vermont Legislature to change the state's mental health laws to make it easier for doctors to administer…