Upstate NY county is in top 5 statewide for violent crime; search data for all of state
Albany County ranked fifth in New York for violent crime rate in 2023, the most recent year available in state data. The ...
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Opinion: Putting New York City in charge
In our history, we’ve had some great and strong mayors, but every one of them was forced to go hat in hand to Albany to get ...
Albany must heed prosecutors and reform discovery laws to keep NYers safe
On Friday, district attorneys from around the state — including from all the five boroughs — stood with Gov. Hochul to ask ...
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Albany rolling out program to register city's Airbnbs, VRBOs
Corvallis' "Lodging Tax Program" has been in use in one form or another since 2001 but went through a huge overhaul in 2017 ...
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Albany’s first female mayor delivers her final State of the City
As local municipalities kick off the year laying out their plans for the future, on Wednesday night in Albany, the mayor’s ...
NY’s top schools chief defends hush-hush $155K raise — while not mentioning nearly $120K pension
Rosa argued the quiet raise — a bombshell first reported by the Albany Times Union — puts her now-$489,000 annual salary as ...
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How Albany’s mayoral candidates plan to tackle homelessness
A new report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli finds homelessness has grown sharply in New York. Several of Albany's ...
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Albany considers multiple approaches to discovery reform
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assembly Member Micah Lasher introduced a bill to help prosecutors comply with the law, while ...
This Hudson Valley city named among best in the country. See the list
Poughkeepsie, as well as four other upstate NY cities, made Resonance's list for the top 100 cities in the U.S. Learn why ...
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Albany’s first female mayor delivers her final State of the City
“New York Creates has officially secured $845 ... Mayor Sheehan finished her address with a love letter to the city. Dear Albany, When I first laid eyes on you, you were celebrating your 300th ...
NY lawmakers revive bill to end lower minimum wage in food service
It would not eliminate tips at restaurants, the bill’s sponsors said. Those would still be expected from patrons.
First on CBS6: Albany County Executive Dan McCoy won't seek Albany mayor's post
Speaking with Tom Eschen for Power & Politics Thursday, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy said he will not be running for mayor of Albany.In August, McCoy told ...