46th district New York Senator Pat Fahy

This month marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The shutdowns have long since ended, but the impacts on society are still being understood. Beyond the deaths and long-term illness, the pandemic disrupted how we work, learn and even eat. The New York Public News Network is marking the anniversary with a special series. WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas revisits some of the people who appeared in his earliest COVID stories.

State Senator Pat Fahy warns New York is facing threats from Washington's new agenda.

Legalizing cocktails to-go was a key consumer legacy of the pandemic. This year, New York state lawmakers could allow for wine sales in grocery stores. And diners could soon be able to leave New York restaurants with a bottle of their favorite craft liquor.

State lawmakers are reacting to New York Governor Kathy Hochul's $252 billion dollar budget proposal.

Capital Region state lawmakers are introducing a bill to require housing and retail space on Albany's Harriman Campus as part of the Wadsworth Labs project.

As the New York state legislative session begins, the Capital Region’s 46th district has its first new Senator in decades.