Jesse Taylor

Siena University students have built a floating wetland as part of a project meant to improve the water quality of Little’s Lake.

New York State lawmakers are looking to pass legislation requiring adult content websites to verify users’ age.

Councilman Joseph Mancini has resigned from his post on the Schenectady City Council.

Schenectady’s Museum of Innovation and Science is launching a new series of planetarium shows called Rockin’ the Dome. The show will pay tribute to the monsters of rock who visited the Electric City more than five decades ago.

The New York State Office of Victim Services will administer hundreds of millions in federal and state funding to support victim assistance programs throughout the state.

The longest-serving president in the history of the Civil Service Employees Association has died.

In December, a law banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in retail pet stores across New York state went into effect. Known as the Puppy Mill Pipeline Law, it seeks to end the puppy mill-to-pet store pipeline – a system in which out-of-state breeders send puppies en masse to pet stores. The law was signed in 2022, meaning retail stores saw the change coming years ahead of time. In response, many stores closed and some adapted their business models. But others still operate in opposition to the law. So, what exactly happened to the puppies who were still in stores when the law went into effect? I spoke to the Humane World for Animals’ New York state Director Brian Shapiro to find out.

A Schenectady County nonprofit focused on stemming youth violence could benefit from money already allocated in the New York state budget. But, underscoring a larger issue with the Raise the Age funding model, the head of the organization wasn’t even aware the funding exists until recently.

How can Albany best utilize $400 million in state funding? Hundreds of business leaders, residents, and government officials gathered at the Capital Center to provide their input.

A yearlong back and forth over contract negotiations between Albany Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association is coming to an end.