Albany

A group advocating for the homeless is calling on Albany County to use a portion of the 71 buildings the Pine Hills Land Authority purchased last year on the former Saint Rose campus as shelter for the unhoused.

An Albany bar owner says he shuttered his Lark Street establishment in part because of the city’s cumbersome cabaret regulations. He said the Albany Common Council should repeal the cabaret license laws instead of just amending them.

A former employee who lost his retirement benefits after the St. Clare’s Hospital pension fund dried-up took the stand Tuesday in the trial of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.

In April of last year, a 76-year-old man was killed on the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail in Menands.

A project to renovate Albany’s Empire State Plaza is one of many being backed by a $400 million state investment included in this year’s New York state budget to help reimagine the capital city. The state Office of General Services is collecting public input on suggested changes.

Albany Mayor-elect Dorcey Applyrs has already begun preparing for her new administration – a process she is calling “Activate Albany.” WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor spoke with Applyrs at Hattie’s Culinary Lab in downtown Albany about some of the biggest challenges she expects to take on at the start of her time in office. But first, Jesse asked Applyrs to reflect on her historic victory, one that will make her Albany’s first Black mayor.

Dorcey Applyrs is poised to become Albany’s first Black woman mayor.

The Albany County executive’s office is advancing plans to purchase five buildings on the former Saint Rose Campus, despite public opposition.

Capital Region food pantries are bracing for increased demand as the United States Department of Agriculture plans to put federal food assistance benefits on hold.

Following the inclusion of a plan to inject $400 million into Albany as part of the state budget to revitalize downtown, a project to re-imagine I-787 in Albany is advancing.