New York Focus

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Isabelle Taft, immigration reporter with New York Focus, about a surge in immigration arrests at a tomato packing facility outside Rochester.

A Western New York school district has halted its plans to place a humanoid robot in a classroom after a New York Focus report on the plan sparked fierce debate over the use of artificial intelligence in schools and backlash from local parents.

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Amudalat Ajasa, Climate Reporter at New York Focus, about a herbicide linked to Parkinson's disease haunting a New York farm town.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Melissa Manno, Education Reporter at New York Focus, about a humanoid robot teaching assistant coming to a rural NY District classroom.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Sam Mellins, Senior Reporter at New York Focus, about why many are wary of a union for home care workers.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Isabelle Taft, immigration reporter with New York Focus, about her reporting on an 8 year old US citizen who was held in a Brooklyn shelter for nearly seven months.

(Airs 06/11/26 @ 3 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The EPA administrator travels to Binghamton to support the Constitution gas pipeline, we’ll speak with a reporter form NY Focus about the latest on casinos in the state, and Senator Gillibrand travels to Lake Placid to push for the winter Olympics.

(Airs 06/11/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The EPA administrator travels to Binghamton to support the Constitution gas pipeline, we’ll speak with a reporter form NY Focus about the latest on casinos in the state, and Senator Gillibrand travels to Lake Placid to push for the winter Olympics.

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Isabelle Taft, Immigration Reporter for New York Focus, about legislation passed by lawmakers that will reign in police collaboration with ICE.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Isabelle Taft, Immigration reporter with New York Focus, about her reporting on Trump administration policies that are keeping immigrant children detained even when their parents are available to care for them.