NY Assembly

(Airs 01/24/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes a $252 billion budget, we’ll have reaction from state lawmakers and more on what’s in the proposal, and we’ll take you to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik appeared this week in her confirmation hearing to be UN Ambassador.

(Airs 07/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the GOP national convention platform and its potential impact on New York, whether President Biden should step aside for a younger candidate, the suspension of congestion pricing, cell phones in schools, and update on the legal cannabis industry, and much more.

(Airs 02/01/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the governor approving temporary employment for migrants, education and hold harmless, cannabis, climate change, and much more.

Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, a Democrat who represents northern New York’s 115th district, discusses his expectations for the session and his opposition to a new election law Governor Hochul signed this month.

(Airs 11/16/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the spike in antisemitic and hate-related incidents, whether she’ll run for Congress in the 26th district after Brian Higgins announced he’ll step down, state attorney general Letitia James lawsuit against Pepsi, and more.

On Thursday, the new speaker of the New York state Assembly created a working group to review the state's response to climate change. Environmental groups…