Schoharie Crash

Albany County District Attorney David Soares used a campaign rally Monday to rail against criminal justice reforms he says have made Albany more dangerous.

(Airs 10/06/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Five years later, we remember the tragic limo crash that killed 20 people in Schoharie, recent storms and flooding put pressure on lawmakers to move New York more quickly to clean energy sources, and we’ll talk about legal representation for the poor with the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York.

The operator of the limo company involved in the 2018 Schoharie crash has been sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison.

A jury in the Schoharie limo trial has found the operator of the limousine company involved guilty of manslaughter.

Opening arguments in the Schoharie limo trial began last week. The trial of Prestige Limousine operator Naumann Hussain continues on Monday.

Opening arguments are scheduled to begin Monday in the Schoharie limo trial.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin tomorrow as the operator of the company involved in the 2018 Schoharie limo crash goes to trial.

The New York Inspector General has released a much-anticipated report on its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the October 2018 Schoharie Limo crash.

Family members of the 20 victims killed in the Schoharie limo crash in 2018 are welcoming a surprising development in the case: the operator of the limousine company is headed for trial after a judge on Wednesday rejected a plea agreement reached last year that would have spared him jail time.

The FBI is investigating the agency's role in the 2018 Schoharie limousine crash, according to New York Representatives Paul Tonko and Elise Stefanik.