The LCA Show is back on May 23!

“Everything’s Coming Up Kathy”

The annual Legislative Correspondents Association of New York State show, which has been put on by Capitol reporters and alumni for more than 100 years, is the longest-running gridiron show in the United States.

We took a Covid-19 timeout in 2020 and 2021, then returned in 2022 and we are now back again for the 121st show with a plethora of political jokes, skits, and songs.

SAVE THE DATE!

TUESDAY, May 23, 7 PM -- Sixty State Place, 60 State Street, Albany, NY 12207

We'll be announcing the rebuttals for 2023 in very soon. Past speakers have included the governor, legislative leaders, and state party chairs.

Enjoy appetizers, cocktails, and entertainment, while mingling with state lawmakers, lobbyists, and reporters.

Cocktail hour starts at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Rebuttals will begin at roughly 9 p.m.

TICKETS!

This year’s tickets are $150 – or buy them by May 1 for an early-bird discount price of $125. Purchase them at NYSLCAShow.eventbrite.com or drop off a check to Zach Williams or Bernadette Phillips in the LCA Room on the third floor of the Capitol.

This is a fundraising event, with money raised going to a local charity. In the past the proceeds have gone to the Food Bank of Northeastern New York.

For questions stop by the LCA Room or email nyslcashow@gmail.com

The LCA Directory

The LCA press room in 1944

We've moved! Information about the LCA and NYS Capitol press corps is now found at LCAPressroom.com created by NYSNYS News, the premiere multimedia news and information database about NYS government. Accept no substitutes.

COVID-19 stops the clock

The LCA Show, which had been presented annually without interruption since the late 19th century, was cancelled by the officers of the association in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our hope is to return in 2021 with a safe and memorable show and rebuttals.

The LCA Archives

Preserving the History of the LCA: The Legislative Correspondents Association, a bulwark for the 1st Amendment, traces its roots to the Albany Press Club formed in the 1880s -- the group also spawned Wolfert's Roost, its original clubhouse. Many written records, artifacts and photographs have been preserved over the years and are now part of the special collections of the SUNY Albany library. Nothing is online but the archives are open to researchers and the merely curious. Here is an index: The LCA Archives

The 1944 LCA dinner and show

72 years ago, the 1944 LCA dinner was held in downtown Albany, in a long gone hotel at State and Pearl. There's a Starbucks on the site today. From left, Tom Dewey, Al Smith, Jim Farley. Two presidential nominees, one a Republican the other a Democrat, and the Irish Catholic pol most responsible for electing FDR.