Albany NY

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – Albany’s first midyear budget update says the city faces a growing fiscal gap and is seeking an independent state review. Mayor Applyrs said Saturday, Aug. 15 that the administration sent Albany’s first-ever midyear budget report to the Common Council and posted it on the Budget Office’s webpage.

TROY, NY (WRGB) — The Troy community is rallying behind one of their own. Last week, Michael Meade, a familiar face and one-half of Thunder Mountain Curry, fell at home. The staple food pop-up is operated by Meade and his business partner Mike Goodwin. The two are regularly seen at the Troy Farmers' Market and the RPI

A 116-year-old farm in the town of Schodack has softly reopened its doors.

DEFREESTVILLE, NY (WRGB) — A multi-agency effort led to the rescue of an injured hiker in Defreestville. Defreestville Fire Department was dispatched Saturday morning for a rescue call to assist an injured hiker on a local trail. With help from Rensselaer County Public Safety 911 dispatchers and a City of Rensselaer Fi

A man in Montgomery County says he lives in fear after two men, who have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the GOP candidate in the past, kidnapped him and threatened to set him on fire.

The American Red Cross says it gave emergency help to 14 people after two Friday fires in the Capital District. According to an American Red Cross press release, volunteers from the Northeastern New York Chapter responded after a fire early Friday morning on John Street in Hoosick Falls. The group said it gave financia

EAST CHATHAM, NY — A California man was arrested on felony weapons charges and driving while intoxicated after troopers found him parked in a field off Interstate 90. Lorne Christopher Thayer, 59, of LaHonda, California, was arrested Aug. 12, 2026, by troopers assigned to State Police Troop T, SP Albany and Troop K Bur

The Hudson Valley Community College Foundation is one step closer to officially acquiring the Massry Center for the Arts, located on the former College of Saint Rose campus. The Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority (ACPHLA) announced on Friday that the required 90-day statement period has ended for the sale of the c

Watervliet police charged 26-year-old Jose A. Martinez Jr. with two counts of first-degree assault after the two children, both under 5 years old, were admitted to a local hospital.

A second city worker hurt in the Albany explosion has now been identified as a Department of General Services supervisor.