With summer in full swing, Jackie Bray, commissioner of the state’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, says her team has ramped up its efforts to protect New Yorkers.

Following several shootings that injured 10 people, including seven juveniles, and a house fire triggered by a flare gun this weekend, Ta-Sean Murdock says Albany is having a “moral crisis.”

Ten people, including seven juveniles, were shot in three separate incidents Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Fourteen people, including multiple government employees, have been arrested and charged for orchestrating a criminal fraud scheme within the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.

(Airs 07/04/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Some Democrats say they’re disappointed that Albany lawmakers to no action to protect immigrants, Governor Hochul travels to the Adirondacks to warn about the potential impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill, and we’ll speak with the Utility Regulatory Director of New York for the Natural Resources Defense Council about the repeal of the 100-foot rule.

On Thursday, officials celebrated the completion of the $25 million rehabilitation of the historic Lincoln Park Pool in Albany's South End.

(Airs 07/03/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dr. Don Levy, Director of the Siena Poll, about how New Yorkers feel about Governor Kathy Hochul as well as her Democratic and Republican challengers in the 2026 gubernatorial race, and much more.

Cornell University researchers are using a subset of artificial intelligence to predict threats to solar-energy production.

For the first time in 18 months, Troy’s city council received a quarterly financial report.

The Scotia Fire Department responded to almost 30 false alarms in June. Fire officials say the calls that started after a change in water pressure at The Glenville Business and Technology Park are straining the department’s resources.