The Legislative Gazette

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 Jan 23, 2019

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You can find the region's most in-depth look at New York State politics and government each week on The Legislative Gazette. On each program, the award-winning WAMC News Team combines forces to bring you a wrap-up of the week's political news, the goings on in and around the legislature, and the stories that will keep you well-informed and in the know.

Episode Date
The Legislative Gazette - Advocates call on Governor Hochul to sign an omnibus prison reform package
Dec 13, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - how is New York filling the gap for those in need after federal cuts?
Dec 06, 2025
Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul approves amendments to the Adirondack State Land Master Plan
Nov 29, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - New York Governor Kathy Hochul and local lawmakers call on President Trump to release federal heat assistance funding
Nov 22, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Reaction from both sides of the political aisle to Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik entering the race for Governor of New York
Nov 15, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announces a run for New York Governor
Nov 08, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Local lawmakers urge Governor Hochul to sign legislation streamlining the program for Minority and Women owned Businesses
Nov 01, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Environmental advocacy groups urge New York voters to approve a state constitutional amendment
Oct 25, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Towns and counties in New York will soon hold their elections in even-numbered years
Oct 17, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - President Trump's Justice Department has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud
Oct 11, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll report on what the loss of federal health care subsidies would mean for New Yorkers
Oct 04, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The state rolls out a new program that relies on manufactured homes to tackle housing affordability
Sep 27, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - On this week’s Gazette: Democratic Congressman Tim Kennedy defends his bill to hire thousands more Customs and Border Protection agents
Sep 20, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The ICE raid on a food-processing plant in Central New York quickly becomes a flashpoint in the immigration debate
Sep 12, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - With children back in school this week, districts across New York state are implementing cellphone bans
Sep 05, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announces a bill to reverse Medicaid cuts
Aug 29, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - As Texas legislators push their initiative to redraw Congressional districts, New York's Democratic leaders discuss redistricting in the Empire State
Aug 23, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul says state Democratic leaders are exploring their redistricting options to counteract the GOP’s efforts in Texas
Aug 08, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The New York State Energy Planning Board releases its 2025 Draft State Energy Plan
Aug 01, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - New York schools that were counting on federal money now find themselves in a tough spot
Jul 23, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The top Democrat in the State Senate denounces funding cuts from Congress
Jul 18, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The federal tax and spending bill signed last week by President Trump will blow a $3 billion hole in the state budget
Jul 11, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Some Democrats say they’re disappointed that Albany lawmakers to no action to protect immigrants
Jul 02, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - A major upset in the New York City primary
Jun 27, 2025
The Capitol Connection - Yancey Roy, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday
Jun 26, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - New York residents will now have to pay for natural gas hookups even if their house is close to a gas line
Jun 20, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Republicans in Congress say New York Governor Kathy Hochul isn’t doing enough to enforce immigration laws
Jun 13, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - A federal court temporarily blocks the Trump Administration’s efforts to pause operations at Job Corps Centers nationwide
Jun 06, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats continue to criticize the so-called “big, beautiful bill”
May 30, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - SUNY Chancellor John King delivers his annual address
May 23, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calls on Americans to protect the federal food program SNAP
May 15, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - On this week’s Gazette: New York lawmakers approved a $254 billion dollar state budget deal
May 09, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul and New York state lawmakers strike a tentative budget deal
May 02, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll take a look at the current trade war with China and its impact on New York
Apr 25, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The Trump administration blocks an offshore wind project
Apr 18, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - the state budget is now on track to be two weeks late
Apr 11, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll take a deeper look at New York’s prison system which has been under intense scrutiny in recent months
Apr 04, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - state Republicans say they’re feeling bullish about their chances of winning statewide office next year
Mar 21, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, attacks state Democrats’ immigration policies during a stop in Albany
Mar 14, 2025
The Media Project - Rex, Barbara, Miles, David
Mar 07, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - State lawmakers are setting their priorities ahead of the April 1st budget deadline
Mar 07, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll take a deeper look at the renewed push for the New York Heat Act
Feb 28, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says fellow Democrat and Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal is vulnerable
Feb 22, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Top officials travel the state to promote Governor Hochul’s budget priorities
Feb 14, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Interests on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border remain wary despite a month-long pause in threatened tariffs
Feb 07, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - The death of Robert Brooks has lawmakers and advocates calling for prison reforms
Jan 31, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes a $252 billion budget
Jan 24, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address
Jan 17, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - State lawmakers come back to Albany for this year’s legislative session
Jan 10, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul signs the Climate Change Superfund Act into law
Jan 03, 2025
The Legislative Gazette - Advocates urge Governor Hochul and the legislature to reform the criminal justice system
Dec 20, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Millions of New Yorkers could get checks for $300 to $500 dollars next year
Dec 13, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Kathy Hochul answers questions directly from her constituents
Dec 06, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs Melanie’s Law
Nov 27, 2024
The Capitol Connection - WNYC Capital Bureau Chief Jon Campbell
Nov 27, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Officials in New York are not pleased about the federal reduction in hours at border crossings
Nov 22, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - President-elect Donald Trump nominates former Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA, and New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador
Nov 15, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We'll bring you news about this week's election results in New York
Nov 08, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll preview the three-way race for New York’s 42nd state senate district
Nov 01, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - New York state celebrates a solar energy milestone
Oct 24, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - we’ll took a look at Proposition 1 on the state ballot this election day
Oct 11, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Republican state legislators call for the repeal of the state’s Green Light Law
Oct 04, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - The State Department of Health declares eastern equine encephalitis an “imminent threat” in Ulster County
Sep 27, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - The Port of Coeymans has become a major hub of activity connected with the wind power industry
Sep 20, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Officials gather to showcase the significant progress of construction work for New York’s largest offshore wind farm
Sep 13, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul clarifies her thoughts on a state ban on cell phones in schools
Sep 06, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Beacon, New York becomes the latest city in the Hudson Valley to embrace the state’s good cause eviction law
Aug 30, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul signs a new law allowing small distilleries, cideries and makers of mead to ship directly to consumers
Aug 23, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll take a look at the state’s Internet for All grant program
Aug 16, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - New York has a new online portal to help hundreds of thousands of families access child care subsidies
Aug 09, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Upstate New York has seen an unusual amount of tornados this summer, and Senator Schumer wants to know more about why
Aug 02, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll have reaction to President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris
Jul 26, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul convenes a youth mental health roundtable
Jul 19, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Albany officially becomes the first municipality in New York state to opt-in to the Good Cause Eviction law
Jul 12, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Prominent upstate New York Democrats weigh in on President Biden's debate performance and whether he should step aside
Jul 03, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We'll have results from some of the major primary elections held this week
Jun 28, 2024
The Legislative Gazette #2425 - State education officials unveil a proposal to transform the state’s graduation requirements
Jun 20, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - The state legislative session comes to an end with a number of issues left on the table
Jun 14, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul’s decision to halt congestion pricing dominates the end of session
Jun 07, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie threw cold water on a bill that would require major energy companies to pay for climate change remediation
May 31, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Most school district budgets were approved by New Yorkers this week
May 24, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - the State Senate is still considering a bill that would close loopholes in New York’s sexual assault laws.
May 17, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - A state Supreme Court judge strikes down New York’s Equal Rights Amendment
May 10, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul highlights changes in New York’s reading curriculum
May 03, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - we’ll focus on the New York Heat Act, a proposal that did not make it into the state budget
Apr 26, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - two Hudson Valley congressmen seek additional remediation of PCBs from the Hudson River
Apr 19, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - lawmakers negotiate affordable housing and tenant protections
Apr 12, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - the late state budget will be even later, and we’ll take a look at the some of the sticking points
Apr 05, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - the governor and legislative leaders concede there will not be an on- time budget
Mar 29, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul signs a measure allowing all pharmacies in New York to dispense birth control
Mar 22, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Democrats in the New York state legislature release counter proposals to Governor Hochul’s budget
Mar 15, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - the state senate and assembly will restore school aid reductions in their one house budget plans next week
Mar 08, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - After a long, drawn-out fight, Governor Hochul approves a new congressional map
Mar 01, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Senator Gillibrand calls on the EPA to readdress the cleanup of PCBS from the Hudson River
Feb 22, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Republicans propose legislation meant to curb migrants in the country illegally
Feb 16, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - We’ll take a look at how the migrant crisis is playing out in state budget negotiations
Feb 09, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer comes to Albany to launch an effort to keep ghost guns illegal
Feb 01, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul's school funding proposal receives nearly universal opposition from lawmakers
Jan 26, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her budget proposal
Jan 19, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State Address
Jan 11, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - Poughkeepsie makes history swearing in a new mayor
Jan 05, 2024
The Legislative Gazette - we’ll take a look back at NYS government and politics in 2023
Dec 29, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Hochul signs a measure to to look at potential reparations for New Yorker's whose ancestors suffered under slavery in the state.
Dec 21, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - New York’s high court rules that congressional districts in the state can be redrawn again for the 2024 elections
Dec 14, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - We'll take a look at the race for expelled Republican Congressman George Santos' seat
Dec 08, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - we'll take a look at the rise in hunger across New York state
Dec 01, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - Governor Kathy Hochul signs clean slate legislation
Nov 22, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - New York steps up anti-terrorism efforts in response to a rise in hate crimes
Nov 17, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - Coverage of elections in New York this week
Nov 10, 2023
The Legislative Gazette - Senate holds hearing on cannabis rollout
Nov 03, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2343
Oct 27, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2342
Oct 20, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2341
Oct 13, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2340
Oct 06, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2338
Sep 23, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2337
Sep 15, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2336
Sep 08, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2335
Sep 01, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2334
Aug 25, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2333
Aug 18, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2332
Aug 11, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2331
Aug 04, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2330
Jul 28, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2329
Jul 21, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2328
Jul 14, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2327
Jul 07, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2326
Jul 01, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2325
Jun 24, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2324 - Senator Dan Stec
Jun 16, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2323 - The legislature honors WAMC's Alan Chartock
Jun 10, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2322 - Aid in dying legislation advocates make a last-minute pitch to lawmakers
Jun 02, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2321
May 27, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2320
May 20, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2319 - Lawmakers still have a number of issues to negotiate before the end of session
May 12, 2023
The Legislative Gazette #2318 - New York lawmakers pass $229 billion state budget
May 05, 2023
#2317: NYS budget talks continue | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 29, 2023
#2316: New York state budget now nearly three weeks late | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 22, 2023
#2315: Hochul: State will stockpile medication abortion drug | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 15, 2023
#2313: NYS budget will be late | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 01, 2023
#2312: NYS budget deadline looms | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 25, 2023
#2311: Debate begins over New York Assembly and Senate proposed budgets | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 18, 2023
#2310: Hochul's charter school expansion plan faces pushback | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 11, 2023
#2309: Opposition to Hochul's plan to ban flavored cigarettes and raise tobacco taxes | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 04, 2023
#2308: Now that the state Senate rejected Hochul's chief judge pick, what’s next? | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 25, 2023
#2307: Hochul's chief judge nominee is rejected in full Senate vote | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 18, 2023
#2306: Senate GOP files a lawsuit to force a vote on Hochul's chief judge nominee | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 11, 2023
#2305: Hochul releases 2023 state budget proposal | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 04, 2023
#2304: Hochul pushes for NY bail laws revision | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 28, 2023
#2303: The fight between Hochul and the state Senate over the chief judge is not yet over | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 21, 2023
#2302: 2023 NY legislative session begins | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 14, 2023
#2301: As New York state’s legislative session opens, leaders name their top priorities | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 07, 2023
#2252: State lawmakers' pay raises, new chief judge yet to be finalized as 2022 draws to a close | The Legislative Gazette
Dec 31, 2022
#2251: Hochul says new state budget won't include tax increases | The Legislative Gazette
Dec 24, 2022
#2250: Will New York lawmakers vote for a pay raise before the year is out? | The Legislative Gazette
Dec 17, 2022
#2249: Hochul, NY health officials warn of 'tri-demic' this winter | The Legislative Gazette
Dec 10, 2022
#2248: New York's Adult Survivors Act takes effect | The Legislative Gazette
Dec 03, 2022
#2247: New York approves first round of retail cannabis licenses | The Legislative Gazette
Nov 26, 2022
#2246: Environmentalists push Hochul to 'pause' bitcoin crypto mining in NY | The Legislative Gazette
Nov 19, 2022
#2244: Hochul-Zeldin race is drawing attention, but who are their running mates? | The Legislative Gazette
Nov 05, 2022
#2243: Biden visits Syracuse and Hochul, Zeldin debate | The Legislative Gazette
Oct 29, 2022
#2242: Sen. Schumer targets China during latest visit to Albany | The Legislative Gazette
Oct 22, 2022
#2241: Labor leaders hope Amazon union vote in Schodack will have ripple effect | The Legislative Gazette
Oct 15, 2022
#2240: Micron to bring microchip plant, $100b investment, to CNY | The Legislative Gazette
Oct 08, 2022
#2239: NY nursing home worker union objects to new rules on minimum care standards | The Legislative Gazette
Oct 01, 2022
#2238: NY AG sues Trump and 3 of his children for alleged fraud | The Legislative Gazette
Sep 24, 2022
#2237: Capital Region state lawmakers urge Gov. Hochul to sign bill banning pet store animal sales | The Legislative Gazette
Sep 17, 2022
#2236: NYS Education Commissioner visits Schenectady schools | The Legislative Gazette
Sep 10, 2022
#2235: NY teachers say more needs to be done to stop acts of violence in schools | The Legislative Gazette
Sep 03, 2022
#2234: NY primary results | The Legislative Gazette
Aug 28, 2022
#2233: 2022 Atlantic hurricane season quiet so far, but busy period awaits | The Legislative Gazette
Aug 21, 2022
#2232: Republicans, NY farm owners, push back against proposed 40-hour week for farm workers | The Legislative Gazette
Aug 14, 2022
#2231: NYS health commissioner discusses monkeypox | The Legislative Gazette
Aug 07, 2022
#2230: Bail reform laws attract attention in NY governor's race | The Legislative Gazette
Jul 30, 2022
#2229: NY Gov. Hochul releases fall COVID-19 plan | The Legislative Gazette
Jul 23, 2022
#2228: New poll: Americans view Supreme Court unfavorably | The Legislative Gazette
Jul 16, 2022
#2227: Families of crime victims call for legislation to ensure they are heard before parole decisions | The Legislative Gazette
Jul 09, 2022
#2226: Gillibrand: Abortion decision will drive November elections | The Legislative Gazette
Jul 02, 2022
#2225: New York, Northeast leaders react to Supreme Court gun ruling | The Legislative Gazette
Jun 25, 2022
#2224: Gov. Hochul signs bills to protect abortion rights in NY | The Legislative Gazette
Jun 18, 2022
#2223: Three weeks after Buffalo mass shooting, Gov. Hochul signs gun bills into law | The Legislative Gazette
Jun 11, 2022
#2222: NYS gun laws and redistricting | The Legislative Gazette
Jun 04, 2022
#2221: NY Gov. Hochul signs Adult Survivors Act | The Legislative Gazette
May 28, 2022
#2220: Buffalo shooting sparks action | The Legislative Gazette
May 21, 2022
#2219: Hochul directs $35M to aid abortion providers | The Legislative Gazette
May 14, 2022
#2218: Gov. Hochul taps Rep. Delgado as new lieutenant governor | The Legislative Gazette
May 07, 2022
#2217: What’s next for NY’s primaries after court rejects redistricting maps | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 30, 2022
#2216: Hochul begins first TV campaign ads amid questions about her former LG | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 23, 2022
#2215: NY LG Brian Benjamin arrested in fundraising scheme, Gov. Hochul accepts his resignation | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 16, 2022
#2214: Gov. Hochul, NY lawmakers reach deal on budget | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 09, 2022
#2213: NYS budget will be late | The Legislative Gazette
Apr 02, 2022
#2212: Criminal justice reform in NY | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 26, 2022
#2211: Gov. Hochul signs anti-sexual harassment measures into law | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 19, 2022
#2210: NY Gov. Hochul celebrates Plug Power groundbreaking in Slingerlands | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 12, 2022
#2209: NYS GOP backs Rep. Zeldin for governor | The Legislative Gazette
Mar 05, 2022
#2207: Hochul receives Democratic nomination for NY governor | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 19, 2022
#2206: NY health board hears pleas for metrics behind school mask mandate | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 12, 2022
#2205: NY Republicans challenge new district maps approved by Democrats | The Legislative Gazette
Feb 05, 2022
#2204: NY lawmakers push to make Albany NanoTech the site of first-ever national semiconductor hub | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 29, 2022
#2203: NY Gov. Hochul announces $216 billion budget | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 22, 2022
#2202: NY’s eviction moratorium ends | The Legislative Gazette
Jan 15, 2022