raise the age

Albany County District Attorney David Soares says he is staying in the race this November after losing June's Democratic primary.

Heading toward the June 25th Democratic primary, Albany County District Attorney David Soares squared off against challenger Lee Kindlon this week in a Spectrum debate.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused his weekly briefing today on public safety priorities he would like the legislature to pass.

The Albany County D.A. appeared before the County Legislature Thursday to address Raise the Age legislation, which he says had a direct impact on recent violence.

The New York state budget is due in three and a half weeks, but the biggest push at the capitol is for a change that is not a spending item. It’s a…

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is pushing for a measure to stop treating 16 and 17 year-olds as adults in New York's criminal justice system.Heastie, the…

A state appeals court has reversed the conviction that sent an Albany teenager to a nine-year prison term for a sneaker robbery.The Appellate Division of…

With two prominent racially sensitive cases dominating headlines in recent weeks, the Albany County District Attorney is hearing from an impatient…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo visited a state prison Thursday to announce he’s hiring more guards, and to push for a change in how 16- and 17-year-olds…

Each year in New York, more than 45,000 16-and 17-year-olds are arrested and face the possibility of prosecution as adults in criminal court. If…