Gary McCarthy

For more than a month, the Schenectady City Council has been stymied as a result of not being able to elect a president. A recent court decision could help the council break the stalemate.

A Schenectady judge says he will reach a decision as soon as Monday morning on whether he will lift a temporary restraining order barring a City Council appointee from serving on the board.

The more than $120 million budget proposal represents a 3.17 percent, or nearly $4 million, increase over last year’s budget.

After a dozen years leading the Electric City, Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy is seeking a fourth four-year term.

Results are coming in from Tuesday’s local primaries in New York.

The Democratic candidates for mayor of Schenectady met for a debate Thursday night.

Schenectady’s city pool is a portion of Iroquois Lake that has had the bottom concreted over. Saying the cost has become too high to maintain it, Democratic Mayor Gary McCarthy and local officials broke ground on a new one Wednesday.

The mayor of Schenectady has survived a close primary challenge in his bid for a third four-year term. Democrat Gary McCarthy was leading political…

Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy delivered his State of the City address last night.In a crowded City Hall, three-term Democrat Gary McCarthy kept his…

Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy will not face charges stemming from an incident last May in which the mayor followed a woman through the city after…