Albany NY

With summer in full swing an increase in youth violence is usually seen in the Capital Region. One local man is providing community kids with safer options. Wednesday, he introduced several new recruits from the Albany Police Department Academy to the community by taking them on a walk through the neighborhood.

Syndicate Strategies owner Matt Nelligan maintains that Mayor Mike Stammel misrepresented the group and spread falsehoods.

A Slingerlands man was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison on Tuesday in Albany County Court for second-degree manslaughter and driving while ability impaired (DWAI). The Albany County District Attorney's Office said Thomas McGrath, 73, admitted to the crash that caused the death of a Colonie High School senior...

Two men were arrested on felony drug charges following a traffic stop in Albany. On Tuesday night (July 1), Albany County Sheriff's deputies conducted a traffic stop near Central Avenue and North Lake Avenue due to a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, police discovered that the driver, Isaiah S. Allen,...

London Jae, 39, is scheduled to be arraigned in Bethlehem Town Court Tuesday, July 1.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested last week for threatening someone with a handgun. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon. This incident is now the 4th act of teenage violence in the past 16 days. It began on June 12th when a 14-year-old girl was charged with attempted...

An Albany man, Lamont Evans, 29, has been indicted on charges of first-degree rape and burglary following a June 15 incident on Lancaster Street. According to the Albany County District Attorney's Office, Evans allegedly broke into an apartment and demanded a sex act from a woman he did not know. The woman was taken...

WATERVLIET — The owners of an Upstate New York bar have apologized after a staff member referred to a party of seven senior customers as “old bitches.”. Ron and Helen Wilkinson, who opened the bar Deacon Blues, at 806 25th St. in Watervliet, N.Y., in July 1979 and named it after a song by Steely Dan, are described as...

Three Troy men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly selling cannabis to minors.

Following a five-year design process, construction of Albany’s Washington Park playground began June 23 and the revamped space is expected to reopen in the fall with updated and safer equipment.