Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to allow medically assisted suicide in New York.

The Albany County Legislature is set introduce a resolution next week directing all county agencies to not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol. Local Republicans have been vocal in their opposition.

Listening parties are having a moment, both in person and virtually.

Some Mohawk Hudson Humane Society pups are about to fetch national attention. But, as WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha reports, the Puppy Bowl appearance is way more than just a game.

After Thursday night’s meeting, Troy is moving toward adopting a ‘Good Cause’ Eviction law.

Longtime Bard College President Leon Botstein is named in thousands of emails in the Epstein files. The batch of documents released last week, which returns over 2,500 results for Leon Botstein’s name, shows Botstein communicated with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein was a registered sex offender.

Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul detailed what Phase 1 of the New York State Museum transformation would look like. The project is backed by $150 million in state funding. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor had the chance to tour the Albany facility and ask the museum’s director how the money will be spent.

(Airs 02/05/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Senior Policy Advisor for NYPIRG, The New York Public Interest Research Group, about the $260 billion dollar state budget, the environment, higher education and much more.

Tonight, Troy’s all-Democratic City Council will examine legislation to give renters more rights.

With Lunar New Year on the horizon later this month, preparations and celebrations are underway. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha visited one local high school whose festivities are already in full swing.