Siena College News

New Yorkers are bracing for more corruption arrests in Albany and believe state government is getting more dysfunctional, a Siena College poll released today found.

A Brooklyn state senator last week became the 32nd New York state official caught in a corruption case in the past seven years.

As managing partner of a law firm he founded, LaMarche can put in some long hours.

Consumer sentiment changed little in New York in April, although buying plans for some big-ticket items moved slightly higher.

With the arrest Monday of another former state Senate majority leader, Albany has seen 32 state level officials snared in corruption cases in the past seven years.

May 1, 2013 - ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Northeastern New York Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, a not-for-profit organization that works to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through research and support to those affected by the disease, will hold "A Reason to Hope," its Spring gala on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Albany.

With 100,000 tulips in bloom in Albany's Washington Park, the five finalists for the Tulip Queen were announced Wednesday.

A CDTA bus pulls up to a bus stop in front of the ShopRite on Central Ave. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. Transit authority has seen ridership climb thanks in large part to its universal access program, which has encouraged people who get bus passes as an employee perk to use them for more than just commuting.

A Siena College survey found that just 42 percent of upstate residents said they would vote for Cuomo in 2014, compared with 52 percent who preferred "someone else." A few days later, Marist College reported that 39 percent upstate said they would back Cuomo; 33 percent said they wouldn't and 15 percent said it depends who is running.

Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi went to prison for influence-peddling at the state's massive pension fund and gets by these days on a $105,941 pension.

Nearly 60 percent of the historians and political scientists in a 2006 Siena College survey rated George W. Bush's presidency a failure -- an unscientific sampling that echoed public dismay over Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war.

MANILA The mother of a college student who was crushed to death by a cement mixer has found forgiveness in her heart, even as she is still reeling from the tragedy of losing her only child.

Members of the MMDA rescue team try to pull out the body of Marie Cherry Inzon from beneath a cement mixer that crashed and pinned a jeepney on Tuesday.

What to do about corruption in the ranks is the dominant topic for the New York State legislature for the second week in a row.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election support in upstate New York has eroded over the past four months, a Siena College poll today found.

Put on your running shoes: Syracuse-area runners and walkers will be at Onondaga Lake Park at 6 p.m. to show support for Boston .

After a pair of New York State legislators were charged in unrelated corruption scandals this month, more than 80 percent of voters say they believe that additional lawmakers are likely to be arrested for ethical malfeasance in the near future, according to a poll released Monday.