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Lucas Willard/WAMCSaratoga Springs officials are once again looking to reform the city’s governing document, starting with local law changes. -
Photo provided by Matt Nelligan.Matt Nelligan, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for Schenectady mayor in 2023, has been named executive director of the Schenectady County GOP Committee. The move comes after the city’s GOP Committee was absorbed in November by the county committee under new Chairwoman Liz Joy. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor spoke with Nelligan about his strategy to win elections and rebuild the GOP in a county where enrolled Democrats nearly double enrolled Republicans.
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(Airs 01/09/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul announces plans to invest significantly in child care across the state, a U.S. district court judge blocked the Trump-picked federal prosecutor from investigating state attorney general Tish James, and New York State Assembly Republican Minority Leader Will Barclay shares his priorities for 2026. -
After not having a quorum and canceling two monthly meetings as a result, Albany’s Community Police Board met Thursday night for the first time since October. WAMC's Lucas Willard spoke with Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor about the meeting and the circumstances surrounding it. -
In an unusual move, Troy’s City Council used its first meeting of the year to hold an open public forum for residents. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons joins us now to talk about what residents commended and condemned. -
The Schenectady City School District is facing scrutiny after the mother of an elementary school student made a Facebook post accusing the district of inaction after she was sent a photo of a school staff member putting a foot on her child’s back. -
Capital Region lawmakers and protesters are condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement after one of its officers shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother Wednesday. Protesters and officials demonstrated outside of the James T. Foley Courthouse in Albany Thursday. -
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(Airs 01/08/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, about their agenda for the 2026 session, his thoughts about Congresswoman Elise Stefanik dropping out of politics forcing him to switch his endorsement to Bruce Blakeman, discussion of the new prison reform law, and more. -
WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor of The Daily Freeman, about a 6th lawsuit between Developer Bender and the city of Kingston over planned Pike Plan canopies demolition. -
After former Council President Marion Porterfield lost her reelection bid in November, the council has been unable to come to consensus on a new president -
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says it is monitoring a Wednesday morning propane leak at a plastics manufacturing facility in the Town of Petersburgh.
