Schenectady County

Matt Nelligan, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for Schenectady mayor in 2023, has been named executive director of the Schenectady County GOP Committee. The move comes after the city’s GOP Committee was absorbed in November by the county committee under new Chairwoman Liz Joy. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Jesse Taylor spoke with Nelligan about his strategy to win elections and rebuild the GOP in a county where enrolled Democrats nearly double enrolled Republicans.

In Schenectady County, Glenville police officers are taking Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes as part of a wellness program that’s designed to help them approach interactions more peacefully.

GE Vernova is set to expand its Schenectady campus.

An overgrown former neighborhood school in the Town of Glenville is set to be torn down. The town hopes to see homes built on the property.

School districts in New York are working to implement the state’s cellphone ban policy by August 1st.

Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman has submitted a 2025 budget proposal. Fluman’s $429 million plan was sent to the county legislature Monday. The proposal, up from the current $402 million adopted plan, does not include an increase in the property tax levy.

Local governments are readying their budget plans.

The long-planned Capital Region Aquatic Center has finally found a home in Schenectady.

The Schenectady County Legislature has a new leader.

Officials revealed redevelopment plans for the long-vacant Central Park casino in Schenectady Tuesday.