Good Cause Eviction

(Airs 09/13/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Officials gather to showcase the significant progress of construction work for New York’s largest offshore wind farm, Newburgh is the latest city to opt into New York’s “good cause” eviction law, and we’ll mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

(Airs 09/12/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Nic Rangel, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York.

(Airs 08/30/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Beacon, New York becomes the latest city in the Hudson Valley to embrace the state’s good cause eviction law, we’ll speak with the Democrat challenging Elise Stefanik in the 21st Congressional, and we’ll take you to the Schaghticoke fair.

(Airs 07/12/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Albany officially becomes the first municipality in New York state to opt-in to the Good Cause Eviction law, John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, shares his unhappy thoughts about the failed Congestion Pricing Plan for NYC, and we’ll take you to a paddle race that’s making a resurgence in the Adirondacks.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan has signed legislation officially establishing the City of Albany as the first municipality in New York state to opt-in to the Good Cause Eviction law.

Advocates in Troy are preparing to push the city council to consider Good Cause Eviction.

The Albany Common Council has opted in to Good Cause Eviction, the first city in the state outside of New York City to do so. It comes after the April passage of a state law authorizing the measure.

The City of Kingston is once again discussing Good Cause eviction, following legislation passed in the New York state budget that allows upstate communities to opt-in to new tenant protections. It’s part of the housing puzzle city officials are hoping to solve.

(Airs 04/26/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll focus on the New York Heat Act, a proposal that did not make it into the state budget, state lawmakers did agree on so-called Good Cause Eviction legislation, and we’ll take you to Soul Fire Farm where they’re fighting injustice in the food system.

New York state lawmakers found compromise on so-called Good Cause Eviction legislation in the recently-signed state budget. It will be up to upstate communities to opt-in to the tenant protections.