Albany News

Gov. David Paterson renewed his warning Friday that a failure to achieve real, recurring savings in the deficit-reduction package currently being hammered out by state leaders could have a pernicious effect on New York's bond rating.

A Schodack man was arrested on assault charges Tuesday morning after allegedly attacking police officers, causing one to fall through a metal railing.

Kevin O'Connell, 35, of Albany, pled guilty in United States District Court in Albany to a one-count information charging him with the felony offense of laundering of monetary instruments in connection with his role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions and other mortgage lenders of over $5.3 million in loans.

A former Albany detective who was a key witness in the city's "ghost ticket" investigation earlier this year has pleaded guilty to federal charges of child pornography possession.

There is a power vacuum in Albany. Who better to fill it than Michael Bloomberg? Not to suggest that Bloomberg run for governor next year - that trial balloon has thankfully drifted far, far away since its first implausible appearance in the aftermath of his failed presidential bid last year.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. Read more: National , Politics , Mayor Rudy Giuliani , Senate , Republican , Governor , 9/11 ALBANY, N.Y. a ' Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has not decided whether to run for governor but is becoming more interested in running for U.S. Senate, two Republican advisers said Thursday.

Albany, N.Y. - New York's unemployment rate inched to 9% in October from 8.9 in September.

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.

Albany/Rochester, N.Y. - The new license plate fee is now being blasted by lawmakers -- the very ones who voted for it back in April.

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA 's November 12, 2009 concert at Times Union Center in Albany, New York a ' including clips of the pre-show meet-and-greet and tuning-room jam as well as the actual performance a ' can be viewed below.

Talks on a deficit reduction plan in Albany failed this afternoon, leaving State Senators frustrated and stuck in the State Capitol.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer speaks during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios September 14, 2008 in Washington, DC.

What unmitigated gall! Though New York is on the brink of fiscal collapse, state lawmakers summoned to a special session in Albany seem to prefer playing a game of bluff with the governor and one another.

A northern New York man is recovering after being attacked by a 10-point buck while he was loading firewood.

Authorities say a small plane with two people on board has crashed in the Adirondacks and a rescue operation is under way to reach the remote crash site.

A Conservative Party candidate has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New York election officials are beginning to count paper ballots.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Paul Tonko called on the U.S. Postal Service to consider local impacts including pedestrian access and neighborhood benefits when evaluating a consolidation plan that affects post offices in Albany and Scotia.

The next New York state budget would force all drivers to replace their license plates this spring for a $25 fee, unless county officials from across the state win out in their opposition to the plan.

State Police say a 94-year-old Albany man who drove several miles the wrong way on an upstate New York highway had been reported missing by his daughter a day earlier.

Assemblyman William Magnarelli , D-Syracuse, and Sen. David Valesky , D-Syracuse, look on Monday before Gov.