Jesse Taylor

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is seeking development partners for a new project to turn the former McDonald’s on South Pearl Street into a bus terminal. WAMC’s Capital Bureau Chief was there for Friday's announcement.

Carl Williams is the new president of the Schenectady City Council — a legislative body that was paralyzed for the entire month of January when members couldn’t come to consensus on a new leader. Williams, who was chosen by his fellow members to take the seat earlier this month, sat down with WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor to discuss his vision for the embattled council’s future.

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is scheduled to deliver his 15th State of the County address today. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor will be there for the live speech at 1:00 p.m.

Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs is bringing attention to new Common Council legislation that would amend the city’s heavily debated inclusionary zoning laws.

In Albany, Black History Month this year comes as the city now has its first ever Black mayor. With that as a backdrop, WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor sat down with a few members of the Albany NAACP to talk about the policies they want to see from local lawmakers.

Earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office released details of a $200 million conceptual plan to revitalize Albany. Included in the 88-page “Downtown Albany Strategy” was a rendering of an excavated and reopened section of the city’s former Erie Canal lock. A group of local residents advocating for a waterway running parallel to the Hudson River say that rendering shows their plan has made a splash.

A member of the embattled Albany Community Police Review Board has confirmed reports that another member has resigned. More resignations could be on the horizon.

A group of Schenectady residents wants more transparency from county legislators over the proposed construction of an aquatic center in partnership with Schenectady County Community College.

The race for New York’s 20th Congressional District briefly took the spotlight at Democrat Paul Tonko’s town hall Wednesday.

After an Albany pediatric nursing facility reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General’s Office, one father says his daughter experienced neglect while staying at the facility.