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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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).
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The Ulster County legislature has approved a resolution creating a fund for the development of affordable housing.
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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.
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A plan by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to alleviate a strain on city resources by busing asylum seekers upstate has been met with a mix of responses from officials in the Hudson Valley.
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For one Ecuadorian migrant relocated to Capital Region through NYC, urge to work is tempered by fearThe arrival of migrants in the Capital Region has led to protests from residents and local officials alike, but also humanitarian efforts to provide supplies. In the meantime, migrants are eager to get to work. Javier Parraga of Ecuador, who has been staying in Rotterdam, spoke with WAMC in Spanish and says he hasn’t had any luck getting hired.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers relocated to the Capital Region from New York City in recent months have faced challenges finding work and getting resettled. But in Rotterdam, in Schenectady County, people who were living at the Super8 Motel before the migrants arrived in July have also had to scramble.