Randy Gorbman
Randy Gorbman is WXXI's Director of News and Public Affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.
Randy has over 30 years of broadcast news experience, and was recently news director at WHAM-AM in Rochester. Randy has also been news director, writer, announcer, and producer at radio stations in several cities in New York and Connecticut, as well as working as an editor at the NBC Radio Network. He served as past president of the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters' Association, and is currently a member of its Board of Directors.
Randy has also taught journalism to local students, serving as adjunct instructor at SUNY Geneseo and Monroe Community College.
Randy received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and his Master's degree in Liberal Arts from SUNY Empire State College.
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James has gone to court in an effort to keep a new, tougher gun law on the books in New York. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul is reaffirming New York’s commitment to tackling climate change, as well as making another plea to voters to back an environmental bond act on the fall ballot. -
A new poll conducted by Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations shows that the cost of living is the most important issue for New York state residents. -
A Fairport man now faces a federal charge in addition to the state charge already filed against him earlier in the week after he allegedly tried to attack Congressman and New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. -
Rochester Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz and the wounding of his partner, Officer Sino Seng. -
Rochester police Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz is being remembered as a solid street cop, a decorated and good-natured officer — the kind of public servant people want patrolling their streets. -
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked by a man with a pointed weapon at an event Thursday night near Rochester but was uninjured, his campaign said. -
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New York lawmakers began a special legislative session Thursday with the intent of limiting the proliferation of firearms in public but Gov. Kathy Hochul announced early Friday morning that the special session of the legislature will also take up the abortion rights issue. -
Erie County has moved back into the "medium" risk category for COVID-19, down from the "high" risk level it had been, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
