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Some 200,000 National Grid customers lost power thanks to Saturday's early spring storm, most of them in Rensselaer and Albany counties.
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National Grid’s online power outage map indicated 802 active outages across upstate New York affecting 33,794 customers as of 9 a.m.

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The New York State Senate chambers in Albany on May 8, 2025.
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The governor will spend the next two weeks talking to Democratic leaders of each chamber, hoping to reach a compromise before the fiscal year ends on March 31.
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The U.S. Postal Service's leader says it is set to run out of money in less than a year and may have to stop deliveries because of declining mail volume and what USPS sees as burdensome requirements.