SNAP Cuts

(Airs 06/26/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday about this week’s headlines in New York state government and politics.

(Airs 06/19/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Senior Policy Director for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). David and Blair talk about cuts by the federal government and the potential impact on New York.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was in Rensselaer Monday, calling on New Yorkers and all Americans to protect the federal food program SNAP.

Healthcare workers from across the Capital Region gathered Saturday to voice concern over the Trump administration’s healthcare policies and proposed funding cuts.

(Airs 02/27/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Natasha Pernicka, Executive Director of The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York, about the growing problem of hunger across the state.

This month, a Berkshire County nonprofit that supports local farms is holding a fundraiser to make Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or SNAP – dollars go farther at farmers markets in the region.

The Trump administration Wednesday tightened the work requirements for food stamp benefits. Anti-hunger activists in Massachusetts decried the change. The…

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan was joined by stakeholders Friday to announce his opposition to a Trump administration proposal to cut food…