With temperatures expected to be in the mid to low teens in Schenectady Saturday night, one man is planning to spend the night outside of City Hall to bring attention to the city’s unhoused population.

In Kingston, tenants say they fear eviction amid turmoil at City Hall that threatens local rent-stabilization policies.

(Airs 01/02/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York state sees a record-breaking number of flu cases, we’ll speak with WNYC’s Jimmy Vielkind about some of the top political stories of the year, and the New York Farm Bureau says there should be no more bio-solids used as fertilizer unless they’re clear of P-FAS forever chemicals.

In 2024, work began to update New York’s recommendations to meet energy needs through 2040. And on Tuesday, the New York State Energy Planning Board unanimously approved a state energy plan. The plan embraces a broad strategy that some environmental groups have labeled as too conservative.

With a new year came a new leader — Albany’s first new mayor in more than a decade as Dorcey Applyrs officially made history Thursday.

For the first time in more than three decades, Democrats now control the Clifton Park Town Board.

(Airs 01/01/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Jimmy Vielkind, public media reporter for WNYC, The Gothamist and the New York Public News Network, about some of the new laws in New York in 2026, some of the bills Governor Hochul vetoed, and some of the top political stories of 2025.

WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha spoke to Yousaf Sherzad, a lead translator at Advanced Translations Services in Albany, about the new law and how existing translation services can be improved.

More than 300 advocacy and environmental groups have written to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul asking that she include updates to the state’s four-decade-old bottle bill as part of her 2026 agenda.