Activists and politicians gathered in the West Capitol Park in Albany Thursday to urge lawmakers to protect and extend Medicare and Medicaid.

The New York State Museum improperly collected about $600,000 in federal funding, according to a report from the Inspector General's Office for the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The Adirondack Rail Trail Association is surveying users of the trail that runs 34 miles between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake.

The Johnstown Common Council has accepted the resignation of a member accused of having inappropriate correspondence with a child.

A SUNY New Paltz climatologist tells WAMC that storms like yesterday's are likely to become more common - and harder to predict.

The talk of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding comes after parts of the Capital Region and Hudson Valley received over 11 inches of rain, leading to flooding.

Three years ago, a rainstorm like the one the Hudson Valley experienced this week dumped more than half a foot of rain on some Orange County communities along the Hudson River. WAMC visited two locales to see how things stand today and how that experience informed their response this time around.

A Livingston Manor man died after his pickup truck crashed into a utility pole and ended up in the fast-moving waters of North Callicoon Creek during Wednesday morning’s flooding, according to New York State Police.

(Airs 07/30/26 @ 3 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll speak with Governor Kathy Hochul about the one-year moratorium on data centers in New York and more, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli talks about the economic state of the state budget, and a state school district pauses plans to bring a humanoid robot into the classroom.

(Airs 07/30/26 @ 3 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll speak with Governor Kathy Hochul about the one-year moratorium on data centers in New York and more, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli talks about the economic state of the state budget, and a state school district pauses plans to bring a humanoid robot into the classroom.