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Residents of West Hill and South End neighborhoods hope speed humps will slow Albany...

New York Congressman Paul Tonko continues visiting community development and improvement projects he's trying to get federal funding for. The Democrat toured Albany’s Hoffman Park Community Center Wednesday.

For the first time in city history the majority of the members of the city’s Common...

In Albany voters deciding whether Mayor Kathy Sheehan should serve a third term are also picking some new common councilors today.

At its latest meeting, the Albany Common Council Public Safety Committee discussed two proposed local laws affecting public safety.

Tear gas debate in Albany continues with discussion of alternative to ban Committee proposal is tabled ahead of July 19 vote to forbid city police use of chemical irritant FacebookTwitterEmail Albany Common Council member Kelly Kimbrough has proposed an alternative to an outright ban on tear gas use by city police. His measure would allow the police department to use tear gas in a narrow set of circumstances and set up reporting requirements that would call for the department to justify its use...

Following several high profile incidents last year, the Albany Common Council is poised...

Lucas Willard / WAMC Albany’s auditor and several members of the common council are criticizing the police department’s removal of protestors who had been camping outside of South Station for nearly a week. Democratic Auditor Dorcey Applyrs and six councilors called the operation Thursday afternoon “disheartening and overly aggressive.” In a joint statement Friday, they say Albany Police should be exercising extra caution to de-escalate matters and utilize trusted voices to addres...

Mayor Kathy Sheehan will face Rev. Valerie Faust in Democratic primary Albany election picture becoming clear as more candidates enter Common Council races FacebookTwitterEmail Exterior of Albany County Board of Elections where ballot counting has begun in the Albany County District Attorneys race between David Soares and Matthew Toporowski on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union ALBANY – The Democratic mayoral primary is down to...

For sale: Whats a street worth in Albany? For sale: Whats a street worth in Albany? City looks to unload street for $140 million development in South End that would features housing and stores FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Buy PhotoScott Street looking down from Leonard on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of8 The Seventy-Six would include apartment and retail space on a site along Second Avenue in the t...