46th district New York Senator Pat Fahy

The ongoing staffing dispute between unionized nurses and Albany Medical Center is drawing attention from New York state lawmakers.

Advocates say a reimagined Harriman State Office Campus is still in the cards after money for the project was left out of the New York state budget passed late Thursday.

New York State lawmakers blew past a deadline this week to approve a budget for the new fiscal year that began Tuesday.

Top Democrats came to a federal building in Albany that could be sold off by DOGE Friday to push back against cuts to the federal government.

State lawmakers are pushing for pension parity for military firefighters to be included in New York’s next budget.

Leaders in Albany are raising alarm about what they say appears to be an effort by the Trump administration to diminish the legacy of local hero Sergeant Henry Johnson.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul dropped in during lunch at Eagle Point Elementary School in Albany Thursday to promote food assistance programs.

This month marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The shutdowns have long since ended, but the impacts on society are still being understood. Beyond the deaths and long-term illness, the pandemic disrupted how we work, learn and even eat. The New York Public News Network is marking the anniversary with a special series. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas revisits some of the people who appeared in his earliest COVID stories.

State Senator Pat Fahy warns New York is facing threats from Washington's new agenda.

Legalizing cocktails to-go was a key consumer legacy of the pandemic. This year, New York state lawmakers could allow for wine sales in grocery stores. And diners could soon be able to leave New York restaurants with a bottle of their favorite craft liquor.