LCA Show tickets now on sale via PayPal!

The 112th LCA show "iGov" is on Tuesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at the Hotel Albany, corner of State and Lodge streets. Rebuttals are by NYS Republican Chairman Ed Cox and Senator Michael Gianaris of Queens.

Tickets are on sale now for $300 each. [CLICK HERE] to order a ticket via PayPal. Tickets are also available in the press room.

All ticket sales are final - no refunds or exchanges.

New website for the LCA Directory of reporters

We've moved! Information about the LCA and NYS Capitol press corps can now be found at a new website, LCAPressroom.com created by NYSNYS News, the premiere multimedia news and information database about NYS government.

(Photo: The LCA press room in 1944, from "Look" Magazine.)

Upholding the First Amendment

The Legislative Correspondents Association, is the group of news reporters assigned to cover New York State government in Albany, New York. For more information visit LCAPressroom.com

The historic LCA Press Room is open to the public and is located on the third floor of the Capitol between the Senate and Assembly chambers.

Since 1900, the LCA has produced an annual show and dinner with the governor as the guest of honor. The dinner began to honor Governor Theodore Roosevelt and has been held since then each spring without interruption.
Comments about this website? Send an e-mail to the person responsible for it: Kyle Hughes -- khughes(at)nysnys.com

LCA at Hugh Carey's first press conference

The LCA takes notes at Governor Hugh L. Carey's first press conference, January 1975 -- NYS Archives photo.

Front row, left to right: Aaron Shepard (WTEN), unidentified, Pauline E. Williman (Stenographer), Tom Poster (New York Daily News), David Shaffer (Associated Press), unidentified. Second Row, left to right: Don Fields (WTRY), unidentified, Charles Holcomb (Gannett), John Omicinski (Gannett). Third Row, left to right: Peter Slocum (New York Daily News), unidentified.

NYS Constitution, Article 1, §8

Freedom of speech and press

'Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.'

Play ball!

The LCA Softball Team, circa 1987

Top row from left: Bob Bellafiore, Marc Humbert, John McArdle,
Joel Stashenko, Darren Dopp, Gerry McLaughlin, Karen Roach,
Jon Ferziger, Steve Gossett, Dan Janison.

Bottom row from left: Hai Do, R.W. Groneman, Jon Salant,
Ken Goldfarb.

(Photo from LCA archives, 2007)