Legislative Gazette

New York officials continue promoting the state’s mobile ID option.

A Capital Region cidery is celebrating a new state law allowing direct shipping of more alcohol products to customers.

(Airs 09/06/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul clarifies her thoughts on a state ban on cell phones in schools, the state education commissioner visits Rochester to pitch media literacy, and Senator Schumer addresses concerns about EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis).

(Airs 06/14/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The state legislative session comes to an end with a number of issues on the table, another community in New York is dealing with PFAS contamination, the suspension of Amtrak is irking regional tourism and transportation officials.

New York’s minimum wage workers saw their pay increase with the new year. The state Department of Labor Commissioner says more than a million workers are affected.

Businesses in Albany are welcoming the start of the state legislative session, as lawmakers, staffers, and others flock to New York’s capital city.

(Airs 10/27/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Advocates testify about the need to expand New York’s bottle deposit law, we’ll take you to Saranac Lake where there’s now the first vending machine outside NYC to dispense the overdose reversal drug Narcan, and SUNY Chancellor King shares his thoughts on how the university is approaching the use of artificial intelligence in learning.

(Airs 09/22/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs a law to make it easier for New Yorkers to access mail-in voting, Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay on the Republican plan to deal with migrants, and fall foliage season begins upstate.

(Airs 09/15/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The state’s first African American chief judge, Rowan Wilson, was inducted into his post, a conversation about the state’s nation leading climate leadership and community protection act, and we’ll remember the 22nd anniversary of 9/11.

(Airs 09/01/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul says New York state health officials are on the lookout for a new COVID-19 variant, a group of professors has filed a class action gender pay gap lawsuit against Vassar College, and we’ll take a closer look at Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).