migrants

(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 09/21/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay about the influx of migrants upstate, redistricting, his reaction to a new Siena poll, and much more.

Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.

(Airs 09/08/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A new report suggests the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York started earlier and spiked six times higher, Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes says no to Republicans’ call for a special session to deal with the influx of migrants, and there’s a new survey of school superintendents’ thoughts on educating migrant children.

(Airs 08/31/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Republican New York state Senate Minority leader Robert Ortt about the migrant situation, his recent trip to Israel, and much more.

(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 08/24/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Dr Don Levy, Director of the Siena College Research Institute, about the latest Siena poll.

(Airs 08/17/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

The Ulster County legislature has approved a resolution creating a fund for the development of affordable housing.

Asylum-seekers, migrants and refugees have long looked to the United States for shelter from economic and political turmoil. As they continue to arrive in upstate New York from New York City, the migrants and local communities are both confronting confusion and uncertainty.