Maryam Ahmad

Advocates rallied statewide on Tuesday to call for sentencing reform ahead of the 2026 state legislative session. They rallied in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Albany as formerly incarcerated individuals, their families, and Albany community organizers called for support of the Communities not Cages campaign.

After Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as the first South Asian and first Muslim mayor of New York City, Albany Muslim organizers and community members are looking to follow his example, and increase their political engagement and presence in the Capital Region.

Schenectady County presented a $100,000 check today to the Schenectady Foundation to address food insecurity in the county amid uncertainty over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

The Albany County Legislature and Albany County Executive Dan McCoy recently unveiled banners honoring veterans of the Capital Region.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Albany elected officials announced the official opening of a new playground Wednesday Washington Park.

Cricket had its biggest season yet in the Capital Region, with more than 200 national and international teams coming to play at the NY Ovals cricket facility in Glenville.

Yemeni coffeehouses are spreading across the United States, attracting customers with their variety of options for coffee and with their late-night hours. The trend has arrived in the Capital Region, with two franchises expected to open by the end of the year.

Proctors’ Theatre was bustling today with vendors and Schenectady seniors for the Schenectady County Harvest Festival. At the festival, the Schenectady County Legislature announced the winners of the 2025 Honorable Karen B. Johnson Schenectady County Older New Yorker of the Year awards.

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is an official school holiday in the 2025-2026 Guilderland School District calendar, making Guilderland one of the first districts in the greater Capital Region to officially mark the holiday.

On Sept. 8, John Bonhotal was checking in at Albany International Airport for a flight to Phoenix to visit his daughter when his heart suddenly stopped. He collapsed, and Southwest Airlines staff and bystanders responded instantly to administer CPR. Because of them, Bonhotal was alive to tell his story Thursday.