youth sentencing

Gloversville officials hosted a public forum Thursday to discuss proposed solutions to the city’s uptick in youth crime.

This summer, communities across upstate New York have seen apparent spikes in youth crime. As officials grapple with the best ways to move forward, some criminal justice advocates worry strategies being discussed are little more than Band-aids.

(Airs 11/21/25 @ 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 and other local lawmakers this week called on President Donald Trump to release federal heat assistance funding, advocates rally statewide to call for sentencing reform ahead of the 2026 legislative session, and the highest-ranking representative of Quebec in the U.S. was in Plattsburgh recently to discuss cross-border relations.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has unveiled a series of sentencing reforms, including efforts to curb sentencing on youth offenders convicted of…