In a post on social media platform TruthSocial Saturday, Trump said Blakeman is “MAGA all the way.”

With the calendar year wrapping up and Governor Kathy Hochul filtering through hundreds of bills, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest issues that New York State politics faced this year.

(Airs 12/19/25 @ 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 announced her support this week for medical aid in dying legislation, the New York State Energy Planning Board adopts an energy plan for the state, and we’ll visit a high school to talk to educators and students about how the cell phone ban is going.

The six-term North Country Congresswoman posted to social media this afternoon saying her “most important title is Mom.” Stefanik also said she would not run for re-election to Congress.

That's created some scrambling to make sure the Rensselaer County town has sufficient emergency service.

A man was shot by police in Albany’s South End Thursday afternoon after authorities say he fired a handgun at officers.

Legislation to permanently ban new anchorages on the Hudson River has been signed into law.

Kathy Sheehan, who has served as Albany’s mayor for 12 years, will leave office in January after deciding not to seek a fourth term. In her waning days leading New York’s capital city, I spoke with Sheehan about the past, present and future of the city.

As the city prepares to move its City Hall to the former Proctor’s Theater in downtown, Troy Proctor's Foundation, a nonprofit that formed in 2009, says the city is doing so in a non-transparent manner.

The St. Clare’s pensioners trial wrapped up in Schenectady County Court today. The trial’s conclusion comes after an agreement over compensation.