The Albany Update with Jason McGuire

Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Albany Update. Summer is unofficially over as kids return to the classroom this week. Students, parents, faculty, and administrators are breathing a sigh of relief as the COVID restrictions of the last three school years have largely been lifted. Then, we’ll discuss Gov. Kathy Hochul’s disappointing, Cuomo-esque comments concerning her more conserva...

Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Albany Update. If you’re a new listener, you may not understand who we are or what we’re all about. In today’s program, I’ll tell you more about our organization and our vision for a better New York. Let’s get started.

Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Albany Update. We have some good news to report today on the freedom of conscience front. Recently, an effort to advance controversial medical ethics language was defeated at the World Medical Association. We’ll tell you more about it. Then, as students head back to classrooms, we’ll be discussing opting your kids out of controversial sex ed program...

Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Albany Update. On August 23, 2022, the state of New York will hold primaries in congressional races and State Senate races, as well as special elections in two vacant congressional districts. We’ll break it all down in today’s episode. It’s more than a little confusing this year, but thank you for fulfilling your civic responsibilities in the August...

This week, the story that dominated the news cycle was the defeat of a pro-life amendment in Kansas. It dominated in no small part, because much of the media was gleeful to see this pro-life setback and saw that it received ample coverage. However, for those us in the pro-life movement it is just that a temporary detour, a learning opportunity, as the march toward a pro-life America continues. The...

Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Albany Update. We’ll be exploring the U.S. House of Representatives recent vote to protect the right to contraception. Social conservatives are rightly criticizing the vote for many reasons, but one of them is the lack of religious liberty protections in the proposed legislation. In this week’s program, we’ll also begin profiling a few of the congre...

On July 20, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure entitled the “Respect for Marriage Act” (H.R. 8404) (RMA). The title is misleading, though. The legislation is the antithesis of respecting marriage. Only one member of New York’s congressional delegation, Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY22), voted against it. Then, in not much more than a month, millions of New York’s school-aged child...

In this week’s Albany Update, we’ll begin with a profile piece on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade (1973). With the decision, Justice Alito has cemented his place in American history. Then turning to a few other matters, we’ll look at President Joe Biden’s big abortion problem. Essentially, his hands are now tied. The President ca...

In this week’s Albany Update, we’ll breakdown the State Legislature’s recent summer special session, tell you about one NYC Councilmember’s vocal opposition to drag queens in City schools, and report on a disappointing rejection of a vaccine mandate case at the United States Supreme Court. Let’s get started.

Welcome to another week of the Albany Update. This week, we’ll be looking back at last week’s primary election results, a state court win against noncitizen voting, the tragedy of applauding abortion, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s record on LGBT issues, and a U.S. Supreme Court win for Coach Kennedy and the First Amendment. Let’s get started.

Welcome to another week of the Albany Update. This week, we’ll be primarily focused on that HUGE pro-life victory at the United State Supreme Court. Roe has fallen. Let’s get started.

Welcome to another week of the Albany Update. This week, we’ll be covering the recent Republican Gubernatorial Primary Debate. We’ll also be looking at another verbal assault from a sitting Democratic governor on New York’s pro-life community. Then, calls are growing (finally) for a federal investigation of the recent string of pro-abortion violence directed at pro-life organizations. Next up, it’...

Last week, was a troubling one for those of us in the pro-life community. Violence that had been directed at pro-life organizations across the country, suddenly hit close to home. A Buffalo, NY pregnancy center suffered an arsonist attack at the hands of pro-abortion activists. In response, Gov. Kathy Hochul offered only cold comfort to the pro-life community in her milquetoast remarks. Additional...

The 2022 legislative session is effectively over. At the time of this recording, the State Senate has adjourned, while the Assembly took a break at 2:36 AM on Friday, June 3, but picked it up again later in the day. If one house has left Albany, we can all breathe a little easier, though. It takes two houses to get a bill to the Governor’s desk before it can become a law. Speaking of the end of se...

We’ve held off on reporting too much regarding the state’s redistricting process, but we think we can finally stick a fork in it. It appears that the new legislative districts for the next ten years have been finalized. Then, if your children or grandchildren attend a private school, you’ll want to pay attention to this next part. The state is once again looking at a mechanism for providing greate...

Two weeks. That’s how many weeks are left in the 2022 regular legislative session. Two weeks. Legislators are a lot like procrastinating college students. Don’t expect them to finish the term paper until the night before it’s due. Similarly, New Yorkers can expect a frantic flurry of legislative activity before the Legislature leaves Albany on or around June 2. Many of the issues circling the legi...

The recent leak of a draft opinion in the Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade is bringing out the worst in pro-abortion activists. We’ll tell you what is going on and how those of us in the pro-life community must prepare, not flinch in the face of stiff opposition. Then, we’re not out of the state legislative session yet. We’ll tell you about a few pieces of legislation and where t...

There was a leak at the Supreme Court last week. It was a draft opinion of a much-anticipated decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade . It’s only a draft, not a final decision, but it is raising hope in the pro-life community and consternation among the pro-abortion crowd. We almost hate to put our hopes so high, but if Roe is overturned, the next question is what that means for New York and the...

Planet Albany’s political world was rocked when news broke that the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, had rejected the Democrat-drawn congressional and Senate maps. It’s causing chaos in the final weeks of the legislative session. We did say that we’re in the final weeks of the legislative session, though. There are a few things to talk about, such as the latest campaign to legalize assi...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. A Suffolk County legislator has taken issue with the prayers offered at public meetings and is now proposing censorship of those prayers. Next, we’ll look at the new State Budget, particularly how it impacts matters pertaining to the LGBT community and explain how pro-life members of the State Assembly sought to pushback against a pro...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. Last week, a bombshell dropped. Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin was arrested and later in the same day resigned. Now, political junkies are trying to figure out whether his name can be removed from the ballot or if it will remain alongside Governor Kathy Hochul’s. As big as that story was, it wasn’t the only news of the week, thoug...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. Last week, a bill of great concern to pro-life pregnancy centers across the state passed the State Assembly. The battle to block this bad bill shifts to the State Senate. Then, as New York begins to rollout its marijuana market, there are deliberate efforts to destigmatize its use. New Yorkers should be advised that despite its legali...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. In an anticipated move, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law protections for parental rights, but New York is working to undermine them. Some legislators want to mandate LGBT-oriented sex ed in public schools. If approved, the propaganda would bring discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity into kindergarten class...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. Multiple news reports last week indicated that the transgender deception is spreading throughout America, but the good news is that we’re also witnessing resistance to the lies and a stand for what we know to be biologically and biblically true. Then, the New York State Court of Appeals, in a narrow decision, found fantasy sport betti...

Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update. Today, we’ll begin by looking at the 2022 race for governor of New York. Then, we’ll discuss a new report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli that indicates the state intentionally concealed the number of COVID nursing home deaths during the pandemic. Turning to matters of state legislation, mobile sports gambling operators are alread...