City of Albany

After receiving negative feedback from the community, Albany County has decided not to follow through on plans to turn a vacant South End lot into a new bus terminal.

Albany Police Chief Brendan Cox said, as the new officers prepare to begin their careers, the department is working on retention efforts.

City leaders say Albany will still move forward with spending reduction plans even after the state has allocated tens of millions of dollars to help close a multiyear budget gap.

Residents in Albany’s South End are pushing back against a proposal that would develop a site once home to a McDonald’s and then a nonprofit grocery store into a bus terminal.

New York State lawmakers announced Friday that the Patroon Island Bridge, which spans between Rensselaer and Albany, will be renamed after Harlem Hellfighter and Albany native, Sgt. Henry Johnson.

As opposition to plans for a data center in Albany grows, local and state officials are looking to pass regulations.

The events will be at Jennings Landing on June 12, 19 and 25; the former College of Saint Rose campus on June 13, and Empire State Plaza on June 20

Advocates said five ICE agents took Regnault-Avila and his 4-year-old daughter into custody at about 9:15 a.m. Friday on Western Avenue near Washington Park.

Albany's budget woes have been a major topic of conversation since Mayor Dorcey Applyrs announced earlier this year that the city faces a deficit of nearly $20 million for fiscal year 2025 and more than $20 million for fiscal year 2026.

The funding includes $20 million in standard municipal aid and $20 million to help close the city's budget gap, which is nearly $20 million for fiscal year 2025 and more than $20 million for fiscal year 2026.