Many unhoused people in Schenectady go to the Schenectady County Public Library's Karen B. Johnson Main Library downtown for shelter from the elements and resources ranging from bathrooms to internet access. But in recent weeks, the number of unhoused people at the library has led to a debate over the issue amid a Schenectady City Council race.

The City of Albany made unrealistic budget projections, leading to deficit spending, the New York State Comptroller's report found.

Albany Medical Health System CEO Daniel Pickett is being sued for sexual assault by an ex-partner. Pickett has sued that ex-partner for defamation and stealing his property.

This past June, the bodies of Amy Steadman, her daughter, Sarah Myers, and Myers four children were found in Steadman's Mechanicville apartment. In the months since their deaths, police investigations revealed the mother and grandmother likely poisoned the children with over the counter medications and kratom. WAMC's Aaron Shellow-Lavine spoke with Brendan Lyons from the Times Union, after Brendan's new reporting on the story.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation apprehended the moose in Troy on Tuesday.

The fire at a Troy home on 13th Street took the lives an engaged couple and their 11-year-old daughter. Their 13-year-old son escaped through a second-story window.

Albany County officials are trying to reach the approximately 500 SNAP recipients who use their EBT cards at the store. EBT cards are especially susceptible to card skimmers.

After 39-year-old Nick Henry got diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer, his friends created an organization to support his family and other

The comptroller determined that the City of Albany is the second most fiscally stressed municipality in New York State as Albany faces eight-figure budget gaps.

A few dozen people gathered outside the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office in Troy Monday to call for the end of the sheriff's 287(g) agreement with ICE.