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(Airs 12/19/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced her support this week for medical aid in dying legislation, the New York State Energy Planning Board adopts an energy plan for the state, and we’ll visit a high school to talk to educators and students about how the cell phone ban is going.

NYSERDA's Doreen Harris says the state energy plan is a key element for setting state energy policy

Advocates across the state are unhappy with proposed cuts to the state’s EmPower+ program, which supports energy costs for low-and-moderate income households.

The New York State Energy Planning Board has released its 2025 Draft State Energy Plan, outlining New York's efforts to combat climate change and decarbonize the grid over the next 15 years.

As New York looks to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure, Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced more than $28 million in federal funding to install EV fast chargers along major travel corridors.

New York is celebrating a solar energy milestone as it continues to work toward its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85 percent by 2050.

A simulation lab for New York’s power grid has a new home in Albany.

In April 2022, New York approved a state budget that included a provision mandating that all school buses purchased by 2027 must be zero-emission and all district fleets must transition by 2035.

The Adirondack North Country Association is getting the word out about new clean energy funding available to communities.

When we talk about energy alternatives, wind and solar power usually come to mind. But there's also geothermal power, energy that comes from heat that is continuously produced deep within the earth. It is used to heat buildings and generate electricity. Two upstate cities have geothermal energy development on their radar.