State Sen. Stephen Saland officially launched his bid for re-election yesterday, putting to rest any speculation that the longtime lawmaker may retire. Saland, a Poughkeepsie Republican who has been in the Senate since 1991 after sitting in the Assembl... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce Wednesday that the state will pick up $14 million in local-government costs for five Hudson Valley counties damaged by tropical storms Irene and Lee last year. The announcement will provide state assistance to Dutchess, ... »
The battle over which Democrat will try to unseat Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Bedford, is becoming one over fundraising between Rich Becker, a Cortlandt councilman who declared his candidacy last summer, and Sean Maloney, a former top Clinton aide who got int... »
We interrupt your usual dose of Albany political coverage to bring you some other news from the upper Hudson Valley: Derek Jeter is about to get a new title. Siena College, a liberal arts school in the Albany suburb of Loudonville, will confer an honor... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Middleburgh, Schoharie County, Fire Department today to officially announce the state is picking up $61 million in local government costs for 25 counties damaged by tropical storms Irene and Lee last year. Counties have be... »
The state will pick up the local portion of cleanup costs spurred by tropical storms Irene and Lee last year, covering $61 million across 25 counties that were hit with flooding and storm damage in late August and early September. According to a news r... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration is slowly rolling out an announcement on which state parks and historic sites will be receiving upgrades as part of the state budget, with about $83 million in state funds slated to go into the projects. In most cases... »
A memorandum of understanding obtained Wednesday by Gannett’s Albany bureau shows how $1.6 billion in transportation funding would be divided across the state as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NY Works program. About $864 million would go to the downstate... »
A major drug ring bust led by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was centered in the Albany region, but it stretched to a hub in the Poughkeepsie area and as far south as Rockland County. Announcing 52 arrests in a major gang-related drug-traffic... »
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said he will ask the Democratic conference if they want newly elected Buffalo Assemblyman Mickey Kearns to sit with them. Kearns met this morning with Silver, and Kearns said he asked Silver for entry into ... »
Assemblyman George Latimer, a Rye Democrat who launched a bid for the state Senate earlier this week, has no interest in joining the upper chamber’s breakaway Democratic caucus, he said in a phone interview this week. Latimer, who’s looking to succeed ... »
By now, everyone knows the story that Assemblyman Frank Skartados once delayed his Albany duties in 2010 to deliver a baby goat on his Milton, Ulster County, farm. Ah, but Skartados has another goat story from this week. His farm duties almost interfer... »
ICYMI: An anonymous website labeling Assemblyman Steve Katz as an “illegal alien coddler” and telling visitors to “beware” of him was developed by Sen. Greg Ball, according to domain registry records. The website? KrazyyKatz.com—yes, with a K and two Y... »
Wondering where your home may fall in the latest round of Albany’s redistricting rendezvous? We’ve got you covered. Courtesy of Journal News database whiz Tim Henderson comes this nifty database that should aid in your quest to find out which Congressi... »
Pushing a Wednesday deadline to its limits, the majority parties in the Senate and Assembly filed their preferred congressional maps with a federal court in Brooklyn last night, showing significant differences of opinion across upstate and in Queens. A... »
