Legislative Gazette
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The Legislative Gazette is a weekly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 covering New York state government and politics located in Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...

. Published on Mondays from September through June, the publication bills itself as "The weekly newspaper of the New York state government".

The Gazette prints original articles as well as wire stories from the Associated Press
Associated Press
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. The paper also includes a column by Publisher Alan S. Chartock, carries letters to the editor, and reprints editorial
Editorial
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s from other New York newspapers. Staff writers for the newspaper are college students in an internship program. Headquartered in the Empire State Plaza
Empire State Plaza
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is a complex of several state government buildings in downtown Albany, New York....

 Concourse, the Gazette is printed by Denton Publications, Inc. of Elizabethtown, New York
Elizabethtown, New York
Elizabethtown is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,315 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Essex County is a hamlet also called Elizabethtown. The name is derived from Elizabeth Gilliland, the wife of an early settler....

.

Although the Legislative Gazette can be picked up free of charge at newsstands, yearly mailed subscriptions cost $99.00.
Revenue comes from advertisements and special pullout advertising supplements. The newspaper is a project of the State University of New York
State University of New York
The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...

's Research Foundation, and it is sponsored by SUNY New Paltz. Founded in 1978, the Gazette is edited by James Gormley, who succeeded John Bechtel. Bechtel succeeded the paper's first editor, Glenn C. Doty.

The Gazettes website http://www.legislativegazette.com/ has daily news updates, an AP news feed, a downloadable version of the current print edition, and archived versions of previous editions.

The Gazette has a blog http://www.legislativegazette.com/SiteBlog-487.113122_Staff_Blog.html in called Empire State Update, which gives daily updates of government and political news related to New York State.

The Legislative Gazette is also the name of a weekly radio
Radio
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 program covering New York government on WAMC Northeast Public Radio
WAMC
WAMC is a public radio network headquartered in Albany, New York. As of April, 2011, the network comprised 11 transmitters and 11 translators. The organization's legal name is "WAMC" and it is also known as "WAMC Public Radio" or "WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network."In addition, the station...

, where Chartock is president and CEO. The program is hosted by David Guistina
David Guistina
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and includes commentary by Chartock. The original host was David Galletly.
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