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The Legislative Gazette

 

You can find the region’s most in-depth look at New York State politics and government each week on The Legislative Gazette. Hosted by David Guistina, the program features regular commentary by syndicated columnist and political scientist Dr. Alan Chartock. 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.

#2027: Withholding State Aid & Cuomo On Trump | The Legislative Gazette

#2026: City Budgets; Primary Elections; Utility Shutoffs | The Legislative Gazette

#2025: NY Bill For Privacy; Flanagan Steps Down & Policing In NY | The Legislative Gazette

#2024: Police Reform | The Legislative Gazette

#2023: Upcoming Primary; Criticism Of Mayor Bill De Blasio; Protest In Albany | The Legislative Gazette

#2022: COVID-19 Updates In New York | The Legislative Gazette

#2021: NY’s $14 Billion Dollar Budget Deficit; Presidential Primary Cancellation Attempt | The Legislative Gazette

#2020: Money For States Affected By COVID-19; Raising Taxes | The Legislative Gazette

#2019: A Limited Reopening And Keeping The Lights On | The Legislative Gazette

#2018: Governor Cuomo’s High Approval Rating And Will Saratoga’s Race Course Open? | The Legislative Gazette

#2017: Contact Tracing For COVID-19 & Cuomo Meets With Trump | The Legislative Gazette

#2016: New Yorker’s Must Wear Face Masks; A $10 Billion Budget Deficit & A Nurse On The Front Lines | The Legislative Gazette

#2015: Cuomo Is America’s Governor; COVID-19 And Mental Health | The Legislative Gazette

#2014: New York City’s COVID-19 Rate; State Budget’s Economic Pain; UAlbany 3D Printing Face Shields | The Legislative Gazette

#2013: Cuomo’s COVID-19 Leadership And How Businesses Are Staying Active | The Legislative Gazette

#2012: State Budget & Leadership Amid A Crisis | The Legislative Gazette

#2011: Governor Cuomo & The Coronavirus; Vermonters Privacy Rights | The Legislative Gazette

#2010: Politics & COVID-19; Legislation On PFAS | The Legislative Gazette

#2009: Evacuation In Albany & Assemblymember Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes | The Legislative Gazette

#2008: Plastic Bag Ban; A Healthcare Bill; Addiction Legislation | The Legislative Gazette

#2007: Gestational Surrogacy; Cuomo & Trump; Lake Placid After The 1980 Games | The Legislative Gazette

#2006: Bail Reform; The Green Light Law And Governor Cuomo; NY Farm Bureau | The Legislative Gazette

#2005: $6 Billion Budget Gap; Governor Cuomo; SUNY’ University Address | The Legislative Gazette

#2004: The Governor’s Plan & Sentencing Of Chris Collins | The Legislative Gazette

#2003: Bail Reforms And Limousine Safety Regulation | The Legislative Gazette

#2002: Cuomo’s State Of The State Address & Consumer Sentiment | The Legislative Gazette

#2001: A Rise In Anti-Semitism & The Governor’s Call For A Domestic Terrorism Law | The Legislative Gazette

#1952: Legalizing Cannabis, Criminal Justice Reform Preparation & More | The Legislative Gazette

#1951: Plastic Bag Ban; Green Light Law; U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement

#1950: Taxing The Rich; Higher Education; And An AI Supercomputer

#1949: Public Financing Commission Recommendations And Military Sexual Trauma

#1948: Commission Post Fusion Voting And Senator Schumer

#1947: Republican Elise Stefanick, Tedra Cobb And Nita Lowey’s Congressional Seat

#1946: NY GOP Congressman Peter King’s Retirement And Congressman Delgado’s Bipartisan Bill

#1945: Early Voting And Vaping Related Illness

1944: NY Public Financing System, A New Form Of Medical Marijuana, And Is There A Secret Plan On Fusion Voting?

#1943: Senator Gillibrand in Plattsburgh, Alan Chartock on Public Financing Commission and Nita Lowey’s Seat

#1942: Trump Impeachment, Viral Cuomo Interview And Clean Air Act Regulations

#1941: President Trump’s Tax Returns, Federal Lawmakers Announce New Package of Bills

#1940: Newly Proposed PFOA Limits In Water, Governor Cuomo, And Fiscal Stress

#1938: E-Cigarette Ban, Legislative Session Early End, Smart Tech Report

#1937: Lawsuit Over Opioids, Fusion Voting, Old License Plate Fee

#1936: Cuomo On Marijuana Law, Suing Of The New York State Prison And A New State Strategy For Abuse Victims

#1935: Diminishing Ranks of State Senate Republicans, Fusion Voting, Medical Marijuana

#1934: The State Comptroller, Governor Cuomo On Fredo, Ulster County’s New Law

#1933: Child Victims Act, CNN’s Chris Cuomo In Heated Debate, Food Bank Re-branding

#1932: Governor Cuomo On Gun Control, Anti-Doping Legislation In Horse Racing

#1931: Cuomo, Pay To Play Culture – Campaign Fund Raising, And Water Contaminant Levels

#1930: Solitary Confinement, Internal Democrat Progressive Quarrel And More On Immigration

#1929: New Green Light Law, Litigation Fallout, Immigrant Driver Licenses

#1928: Voter Registration, Governor Cuomo And New York’s Climate Change Law

#1927: Symcha Felder In The Democratic Fold, Lyme And Tick Borne Illness Funding

#1926: Legal Marijuana Use, Governor Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Heastie

#1925: Farm Worker Protection, Immigrant Driver Licenses And President Grant’s Final Days

#1924: Immigrant Driver’s License Approval, Rent Control Legislation and Bill Discussion on Personal Data Control

#1923: Democrats Face Pressure, Rent Control And Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

#1922: Immigrant Driver Licenses, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Contaminants in New York’s Public Drinking Water

#1921: Five Planned Parenthoods Will Merge to Become Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

#1920: Progressive groups hold rally at State Capitol

#1919: State Senate Passes Two Bills Related to President Trump’s Tax Returns

#1918: State Legislators Call For Vaccine Mandate

#1917: Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on his latest conversation with Governer Andrew Cuomo

#1916: Mugshot legislation passed in the state budget and more.

#1915: Aid in Dying legislation and the new plastic bag ban

#1914: Thoughts on the NYS budget and concern about Upstate New York prisons closing

#1913: NYS Budget On Time This Year?

#1912: Will New York Enact A Public Campaign Finance System?

#1911: Ed Cox on NY State Governer Andrew Cuomo and Unvaccinated Children in Rockland County

#1910: NYS Budget, School Funding And An African Burial Ground

#1909: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Signs Anti-Gun Violence Measure Into Law

#1908: Should New York Become Two Separate entities?

#1907: Amazon Cancels Plans For NYC Headquarters, Cuomo Meets With Trump and Municipal Leaders Deliver Message To State Lawmakers

#1906: NYS Debt, Amazon Coming to NYC and First Woman Police Chief at SUNY New Paltz

#1905: Gun Control Legislation, Cuomo and The Catholic Church, & Cromwell Joins Protestors

#1904: The Dream Act, The Reproductive Health Act, & A New Marijuana Policy

#1903: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Announces 2020 Presidential Run

#1902: The 2019 Legislative Session

#1901: NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Third Term

#1852: Religious Groups Call For A ‘Moral’ State Budget In 2019

#1851: The Governor’s New Agenda

#1850: A Pay Raise For The State Legislature

#1849: Medical & Environmental Health

#1848: Supporting Infrastructure

#1847: The Governor, The GOP & The DEC

#1846: The Reproductive Health Act & Amazon’s HQ2

#1844: Molinaro Issues A ‘Civility Challenge’ In Race For Governor

#1843: Cuomo Debates Molinaro In Debate

# 1842: Violence At The GOP’s Metropolitan Club

#1841: The Aftermath Of The Schoharie Limousine Crash

#1840 Taxes, Polls And The Environment

#1839: Property Taxes & Outmigration

#1838: Higher Voter Turnout Means What Exactly?

#1837: Cuomo Defeats Nixon For Democratic Primary For Governor

#1836: Primary Day Thursday

#1835: The Cuomo/Nixon Debate

#1834: Renovations To A Hudson River Seawall

#1833: Limiting The Powers Of A Campaign Finance Investigator

#1832: Fighting The NRA, New York Style

#1831: Cuomo And NYS Labor Unions

#1830: A Flawed System?

#1829: “Unfinished Business” In The State Senate

#1828: Supreme Court Justice Debate

#1827: Trump’s Second SCOTUS Choice

#1826: Paying Union Dues Not Required

#1825: Increasing Pedestrian Safety In New York

#1824: Red Flag Bill, School Safety, And Solar Power

#1823: Will Imposed Tariffs Hurt New York?

#1822: Legalizing Marijuana In New York

#1821: Barbara Underwood Will Finish Ex-AG Eric Schneiderman’s Term

#1820: Cynthia Nixon Promises To Open A Moreland Act Commission

#1819: New York AG Resigns After Allegations Of Violence

#1818: Reunited At Last, Senate Democrats Hold First Press Conference

#1817: Control Over The State Senate Chamber

#1816: Working Families Party Splits Over Governor Race

#1815: Legalizing Marijuana In NY

#1814: IDC Democrats Re-Unite

#1813: Scrambling To Pass A Budget

#1812: Cynthia Nixon Launches Campaign For Governor

#1811: Jury Finds Joe Percoco Guilty Of Bribery And Conspiracy

#1810: The New York State Debate Over School Safety And Gun Control

#1809: Gun Control, SCOTUS Case, And Historic Tax Credits

#1808: What Are Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Re-Election Chances?

#1807: Early Voting And The National Priorities For The New York Farm Bureau

#1806: Controversial Tourism Signs On The Thruway

#1805: The Impact Of Casinos Upstate & A Third Republican Announces Run For Governor

#1804: The Trials Of Joe Percoco

#1803: A Budget, A Tax Proposal, And A Frontier Town

#1801: NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 8th State Of The State Address

#1752: Early Voting Might Make Its Way To New York

#1751: Budget Woes In The Coming Year

#1750: Brian Kolb Announces Run For Governor Of New York

#1749: Is The GOP Tax Plan An Attack On Blue States?

#1748: Democrats Call For Party Unity In The NYS Senate

#1747: Several Corruption Trials Set For 2018

#1746: The Most Difficult Budget In Seven Years?

#1745: Democratic Voters Overwhelm Republican Incumbents

#1744: A Constitutional Convention

#1743: Joining Forces In Opposition To Federal Tax Plan

#1742: Vice President Mike Pence In Buffalo

#1741: To Hold Or Not To Hold… A Constitutional Convention

#1740: NY’s Safe Act In Light Of Mass Shooting In Las Vegas

#1739: Skelos’ Federal Corruption Conviction Overturned

#1738: Protecting Consumers From Massive Data Breaches

#1737: Marking The 16th Anniversary Of 9/11

#1736: Is New York State Doing Enough To Combat Tick-Borne Illness?

#1735: Should Charter School Teachers Be Allowed To Have Fewer Qualifications?

#1733: New Penalties For Making Bomb Threats Against Community Centers

#1732: Flanagan Praised For Publicly Admitting Substance Abuse Problem

#1731: NYS Speaker Heastie Tours The North Country

#1730: Expanding Voter Registration In New York

#1729: Will Gov. Cuomo Run For President In 2020?

#1728: Silver’s Conviction Tossed

#1727: A Constitutional Convention

#1726: Special Session And Mayoral Control Of NYC Schools

#1723: Joining Pelosi, Cuomo Vows To Help Defeat NYS’ Eight Republican Representatives

#1722: Curtailing The Nation’s Food Stamp Program

#1721: The IDC Tries To Change The Subject

#1720: Lawmakers Are Getting Paid For Positions They Don’t Hold

#1719: How Will The State Fix Economic Development Contracts?

#1718: Does An All Democratic Legislature Work Well Together?

#1717: No Political Will To Enact Reform? Lawmakers Say Think Again

#1716: Does The Passage Of The Budget Mean The End Of The Session?

#1715: Good Government Groups Weigh In On NYS Budget

#1714: State Budget Negotiations Collapse

#1713: The State Budget Is Due

#1712: From Prosecutor To Professor, Preet Bharara’s New Job

#1711: Nor’easter Wreaks Havoc And Bharara’s Firing

#1710: An Alternative Plan For New York Amid Talk Of Repealing The ACA

#1709: Trump’s Impact On The New York Stock Exchange

#1708: Protests And Arrests Part Of This Year’s Session

#1707: Refugee Resettlement In NYS

#1706: Protesters At State Capitol Demand Higher Taxes On Millionaires

#1705: Cuomo Wants State Amendment To Protect Planned Parenthood

#1704: Cuomo’s New York State Budget

#1703: Cuomo Rolls Out $152 Billion Budget

#1702: The Six State Of The State Addresses

#1701: New Minimum Wage In New York

#1652: To Have A Special Session Or Not Have A Special Session

#1651: Could An ACA Repeal Cost New York Tax Payers?

#1649: Preet Bharara Keeps Seat As U.S. Attorney

#1647: Schumer Elected Senate Minority Leader

#1646: Statewide Election Results

#1645: The NYS Senate Could Be Dominated By Democrats After Election

#1644: Clinton’s Lead And Its Impact On NYS Senate Control

#1643: Pipeline Companies Losing Success In New York

#1642: NY Dems Push GOP To Abandon Trump

#1641: Cuomo Says SUNY Poly Bears Most Of The Responsibility In Corruption Scandal

#1640: Of Corruption, Pay Raises, And Pipelines

#1639: Bharara Brings Charges To Former Gov. Aides And SUNY Poly President

#1638: Can Republicans Keep Control Of The Senate?

#1637: NYS Health Commissioner Grilled Over PFOA Hearings

#1636: New York’s Senate Hearing On PFOA In Hoosick Falls

#1635: Assembly Hearing On Cuomo’s Economic Development Programs

#1634: Ethics Reform Measure Sits On Governor’s Desk

#1633: Cuomo V. DiNapoli

#1632: NYS Legislative Pay Raises And A Lack Of Trump In Plattsburgh

#1631: NY Governor Cuomo’s Address To The DNC

#1630: All Eyes On The RNC

#1629: Cuomo Administration Under Fire For Hoosick Falls Handling

#1628: Start-Up NY & Economic Development

#1627: Results From This Week’s Primaries

#1626: Reflections On End Of Session

#1625: The End Of The Legislative Session

#1624: Will There Be A Comptroller Review Of Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion?

#1623: What’s Cuomo’s Special Prosecutor Investigating?

#1622: Millions Of Dollars Approved For The Buffalo Billion Project

#1621: Cuomo Reacts To Widening Buffalo Billion Probe

#1620: Federal Probe Threatens Lawmaker’s Attention During Remaining Session

#1619: Questions Remain After Cuomo Explains Federal Probe

#1618: NY Takes Steps To Fight Opioid Crisis

#1617: New Efforts Propose NY And VT Ban Crude Oil Transport

#1616: Presidential Candidates Visit Capital Region Days Before Primary

#1615: NYPIRG’s Blair Horner Discusses State Budget Process

#1614: NY State Lawmakers Pass $156 Billion Budget

#1613: No Plans To Include Ethics Reform In Budget, Say NY Lawmakers

#1612: Lobbying Against $15 Min. Wage Intensifies At Capitol

#1611: Cuomo’s Efforts On Corruption Are Not Enough, Say Good Gov. Groups

#1610: Groups Call For Changes To The Constitutional Convention Process

#1609: NY Launches App To Help Vets Connect With Programs And Services