President Joe Biden

New York Democrats are among delegates and officials from around the country heading to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention starting Monday.

(Airs 07/26/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll have reaction to President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris, a conversation with the interim commissioner of the DEC about managing wildfires in the state, and the planned closure of an upstate correctional facility has locals concerned about the future.

Democratic leaders and people around the country continue to respond to Joe Biden withdrawing from the presidential campaign with endorsements growing for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee.

Reaction in Vermont to President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor is following partisan lines.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are UAlbany Lecturer in Africana Studies Jennifer Burns, Ulster County Comptroller and the former president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley March Gallagher, former U.S. Army officer and State Department Diplomat who taught at Bard College for six years and is now a Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Fred Hof, and Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern NY Nic Rangel.

President Biden’s decision to not seek a second term is throwing the Democratic Party into disarray less than a month before the party’s nominating convention.

President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.

(Airs 07/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the GOP national convention platform and its potential impact on New York, whether President Biden should step aside for a younger candidate, the suspension of congestion pricing, cell phones in schools, and update on the legal cannabis industry, and much more.

Should he stay or should he go? After President Biden's poor showing in the June 27 presidential debate, some prominent Democrats have called for him to get out of the presidential race. Our listeners share their opinions on the topic.

(Airs 07/05/24 @ 3 p.m. & 07/07/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about coverage of climate change, campaign spending in the media, and why the press should have known more about President Biden before his debate performance.