Albany City School District students must live at least 1.5 miles away from their school in order to qualify for free bus fare. The district partners with the Capital District Transportation Authority to offer these rides. But some students say more transportation options are needed.

With a Schenectady VA clinic set to close in August, New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is calling on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to reverse course.

Applyrs, the city’s former chief auditor, told reporters that she was unaware of the budget deficit until just before she became mayor. Applyrs says the city has a roughly $15 million structural deficit for FY 2025 and expects a $22 million deficit for FY 2026.

City Council members in Troy tabled a measure Thursday night to extend the city police department’s contract with Flock Safety.

An Albany man was sentenced in Albany County Court on March 20th for his role in a 2023 shooting that killed a man and injured two others at a city barbershop.

As expected, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to delay New York’s greenhouse gas emissions requirements under the state’s 2019 climate law.

The Albany IDA advanced a measure Thursday to end tax breaks for a $35 million apartment and retail space project planned near University at Albany.

Compton’s Diner has been serving Spa City customers for four decades, but the culinary institution’s tenure may be coming to a close — the restaurant's owners are currently wrapped up in a lawsuit and eviction case.

WAMC’s Andrew Waite in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor of The Daily Freeman, about Kingston lawmakers' call to exempt some housing projects from environmental reviews

Updates on the 2026 New York village election results