Albany County Legislature members debated the clothing sales tax cut before the mostly party-line vote.

8-year-old Amarys Lopez went missing over the Labor Day weekend. Troy resident Michael Schnoop jumped into the Hudson River to save her.

Albany Police determined that Sabrina Balchand-Jackson stabbed her husband with a knife after he was found wounded at a residence on South Pearl Street.

The New York State Museum houses the largest collection of artifacts and objects related to 9/11. Part of its collection is on display in its permanent exhibit, which opened just a few months after September 2001. The museum is marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a new exhibit this year.

A toxicology report found fatal levels of allergy medicine in the systems of the four children and two adults. A compound from kratom was also found in four of the individuals.

Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs is proposing the creation of a registry for vacant storefronts.

The Rensselaer County Legislature will now stream its monthly public comment period online after legislators approved the change this week.

The arrest of an Albany County Sheriff's Investigator marks the Capital Region's first high-profile case of an officer being arrested for illegally using Flock cameras.

Rensselaer County's legislators debated whether to ban kratom outright or just synthetic derivatives.

About 95 people attended the Rensselaer County Legislature's public forum last week. Many called on Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault to end his 287(g) agreement with ICE.