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ALBANY — Now and again, somebody in Albany will float instituting a commuter tax, which is a terrible idea. The city needs more commuters and...
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to the media Tuesday after shopping with Sally McKenna to highlight her State of State Affordability Agenda at the Market 32...
Police Chief Brendan Cox speaks after being sworn in Dec. 2 by Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Cox previously served as police chief from July 2015 to...
Albany Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs is the early front-runner in the race to replace Kathy Sheehan as mayor of Albany. Albany Chief City Auditor...
Arthur King sits with a photo of his oldest daughter, Amanda King, who went missing in October 2013. Amanda King was reported missing in Glenville in...
Since his first election 20 years ago, Albany County District Attorney David Soares has been outspoken about criminal justice matters. Defeated in...
The Beacon sits at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 116th Street in Lansingburgh, near where Vanessa and Alina Milligan were killed in 2014. Deyva...
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, who won his reelection bid in November to represent New York’s downstate 17th Congressional District, is now...
Students from Christian Brothers Academy march through Washington Park during the Albany tricentennial parade in 1924. It's a downer when everybody...
Fire damage was visible Wednesday morning from the rear of the Elijah Missionary Baptist Church at 74 Second Ave. in Albany. Standing on Second...
Empire State Plaza bustled (not really) on a recent weekday morning. If you want to understand New York's capital city and its continuing struggles,...
North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, shown during a January appearance on the "Meet the Press," has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be...
Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump shake hands at the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner at the New York on October 17. Let's break away from the...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum on Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C. Why...
A view of the Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer. The dump has been blamed for putrid odors blowing into a neighboring school, but the state Department of...
Officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut the Squirrel during a raid Wednesday. Mark Longo first spotted...
As Election Day looms, Bethlehem would seem to have a higher density of political yard signs than any community in the region. Judging by appearances,...
Former Congressman Lee Zeldin urges voters not to pass Proposition 1 during a news conference at Capitol in Albany. Gov. Kathy Hochul has been one of...
"They really lay on the gas coming through here," said a resident who lives along Eighth Street in Troy. Charlena Keels stands outside her home on...
Ralph Ambrosio, the Republican running for Albany County district attorney, speaks during a debate against his Democratic opponent, Lee Kindlon, at...
John Sawchuk, then an assistant principal Columbia High School, speaks during a freshman orientation in 2004. Principal of Columbia High School, John...
Customers shop recently at the Bargain Grocery on River Street in Troy. Twice in recent weeks, I’ve gone grocery shopping in central Troy. That...
Sheila Allen, who was abducted from Central Avenue and Rapple Drive in the village of Colonie in 1970. Charles Oechler is led down hallway by...
Elisa Albert had been set to moderate a panel called "Girls, Coming of Age" at the Albany Book Festival on Saturday. What happened following the...
Albany County District Attorney David Soares announced his write-in campaign on July 17. Chris Churchill says there has been little evidence there is...
Children and their families scream as they round a curve on the roller coaster at the old Hoffman's Playland, which closed in 2014. The property where...
Greyhound Bus terminal in the Liberty Park area in Albany. Albany Parking Authority has a study on what a new $81.6 million downtown bus station might...
Former New York Governor Kathy Hochul aide Linda Sun and her husband, Christopher Hu, not in photo, leave Brooklyn Federal Court after their...
Albany County Airport Authority Board Chairman Samuel Fresina is coaxed inside after the board announced the firing of airport CEO Phil Calderone. As...
One of the six vacant Tudor-style homes along Holland Avenue in Albany. In recent years, the historic but vacant historic houses along Holland...
Albany International Airport CEO Philip Calderone talks to the mother of Canadian pilot Natalie Gillis, who died in a June plane crash. The effort to...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stands with supporter Celeste Shear in an Albany courtroom following a hearing on a lawsuit attempting to remove him from the...
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy announces the completion of an Albany County Department of Public Works garage on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Like his...
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy speaks at a news conference last week. He claims he was unaware the board of the Albany County Airport Authority was...
Albany International Airport CEO Phil Calderone speaks at an August event where U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announced nearly $29...
Russell Sage College President Mathew Shaftel said the college remains committed to teaching the history of the Holocaust, along with the history...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. poses with supporters in an Albany courtroom. Independent presidential candidate Robert F....
It is now much more difficult to bring a dog over the border with Canada, even if the animal recently traveled with its family from the United...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro listens during a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris held in Ambler, Pennsylvania. In nearly every...
A dog enjoys the scenery while riding in a car through Latham. When we were last forced to notice that the Albany County Legislature exists, the...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) greets supporters at the Park Diner on July 28 in St Cloud, Minn. I’m sympathetic to...
Martin H. Glynn in a 1909 portrait by Samantha L. Huntley. Still a young man, he was already the owner and publisher of the Times Union and a few...
The Rev. Avery Comithier, founder of Pastors on Patrol, points up Albany's Madison Avenue. Rev. Avery Comithier of Albany's Elijah Missionary...
Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello speaks recently at Canal Park in Troy. Mantello wants Planning Commissioner members of her own choosing; other mayors...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer walks last year with U.S. President Joe Biden as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol. Joe Biden is no longer running...
Comedian Bob Newhart died Thursday at the age of 94. When I was in fifth grade, economic circumstances — poverty, to put it plainly — forced my...
Police Chief Eric Hawkins speaks on June 24 in Albany. Hawkins says he believes he is making progress in the fight against gun violence. Albany Police...
The American flag blows in the wind at Butler Fairgrounds after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. I was...
Albany County District Attorney David Soares addresses supporters and the media at the Copper Crow in Albany after losing last month's Democratic...
Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins talks to the media about a murder on Delaware Avenue on Tuesday. Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins talks to the media...