New York Immigration Coalition

State and local officials across the country have said they are prepared for the potential of the Trump administration deploying ICE agents or other Homeland Security officials at polling places. Advocates have expressed concerns, even though ICE presence at the polls seems unlikely. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Grant Ashley has been looking into these concerns and spoke with co-hosts Sam Dingman and Molly Anderson on Northeast Notebook Live.

(Airs 01/23/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul unveils her budget proposal for next fiscal year, we’ll speak with the head of the NY Immigration Coalition about their 2026 legislative agenda, and we’ll follow the migration of Bald Eagles to Upstate New York.

(Airs 01/22/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO of The New York Immigration Coalition, about their 2026 legislative agenda including passage of the New York For All Act which would ban the state from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a $237 billion state budget.

The influx of asylum-seeking migrants is on the minds of many in Albany as debate begins on a 2025 New York State budget.

Asylum seekers by the thousands who have arrived in New York City have been sent to a number of upstate localities. The latest group has arrived in the Schenectady County town of Rotterdam.

With states of emergency declared in Orange, Rockland, Rensselaer and Broome counties, leaders in other municipalities are weighing in on the prospect of admitting asylum seekers as Governor Kathy Hochul looks to Washington for assistance.

The New York Immigration Coalition is in the midst of its Immigrants Vote! campaign. Alliance organizations have been working throughout the state to…

While the Trump administration was announcing an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Tuesday, the New York Immigration Coalition…

A press conference and rally in defense of immigrants got under way at 5 p.m. in New York City. Regional activists are taking part.On the fifth…