The RISE commission had been on the chopping block after councilmembers said it had been ineffective. But Mayor Robin D.

Gov. Kathy Hochul dropped in on classes at Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland on Wednesday. The lesson plan was to ...

New York State Capitol for WNYC and Gothamist. Prior to that, he covered the Capitol for more than a decade for the USA TODAY Network. He has twice earned the Walter T. Brown Memorial Award, an honor ...

An Albany was sentenced to up to 17 years in prison after admitting to burglary charges.Willie Moses, 49, pleaded guilty in ...

The private equity firm controlled a network of 25 companies that extended predatory loans to over 1,000 small businesses in ...

The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle from Asia that feeds on all native ash trees in New York. After being accidentally transported to the U.S. in infested crates, it has killed millions of ash ...

A Broadalbin man pleaded guilty to federal child sex abuse image charges Wednesday. Damian Quillinan, 50, was under probation for a previous child sex abuse image case when he received new charges.

The beautiful thing about Albany Road is there are no stereotypes. Anyone from any walk of life will be able to see their ...

New York's racing and pari-mutuel law, with its labyrinthine clauses and subparagraphs that few in the state capital of ...

Lawmakers will exclude foreign nations from having to pay into a $75 billion climate fund that New York has established. The ...

The New York State Legislature has passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act giving New Yorkers greater control over ...

Everything that is wrong with New York state government can be summed up by the staircase leading up to the Capitol building ...