Albany News

ALBANY, N.Y. - Police say Aydrea Meaders, a mother who allegedly got on stage and started to strip during a school assembly, is facing child endangerment and lewdness charges.

Marc Paquin, president of Cass Hill Development Cos. outside The Monroe, a 44-unit apartment building that straddles Sheridan Avenue and Monroe Street downtown.

The incident happened around 11:15 a.m. around 12 Sheridan Avenue, the same area where manhole fires/explosions happened in the past.

May 23, 2013 -- Albany, NY mayor candidates Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan share their message for the local business community.

A man authorities believe was involved in the shooting death of a 26-year-old city man on Central Avenue last month was arrested Tuesday night by U.S. marshals in Kentucky.

Albany firefighters and National Grid were called to check out a smoking grate above electrical vault on Sheridan Avenue near Chapel Street, right near Victory Cafe.

Pick a Point in a Picture: New Mind Model Works @ Uncommon Grounds , Albany. Thirty digital collages by George Guarino that are meant to serve as focal points for meditation, self-growth and insight.

Good morning! It's warm, gray and stormy in Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will continue his road show with an appearance at SUNY New Paltz.

Stephen Dirienzo is a meteorologist at the Albany, NY National Weather Service. Shortly before 5:00 on Tuesday Dirienzo was about to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for Columbia County in New York when the office received a phone call saying a tornado was on the ground in the village of Copake.

The resignation of our former colleague, Assemblyman Vito Lopez , may provide some measure of relief for those who believe the propensity of sexual harassment of staff members is an isolated incident.

The National Weather Service is looking into whether a tornado touched down in a rural eastern New York county during a series of severe thunderstorms that rumbled across the upstate region.

Mark Kleszczewski , owner of KickStart, said he was drawn to the Capital Region by such activity as the GlobalFoundries chip fabrication plant in Malta and the growth of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, and the supply-chain businesses that are springing up around those projects.

The Office of Court Administration and local authorities have come to terms on three major capital projects that will result in new Family Court facilities in Nassau and Westchester counties, and the restoration of court space in the Orange County Government Center that was lost to the judiciary after a pair of storms in 2011.

Celebrating the completion of the renovations at the Hilton Albany are Chris Shaffer, food and beverage director; Miten Negandhi, conference services director; and Michael Melnick, manager of Charter restaurant The 385-room hotel, the largest in the Albany, NY, region, features remodeled guest rooms, main entrance, lobby, indoor poor, fitness ... (more)

The Johnstown Police Department has arrested a man for allegedly forcibly touching three young girls under the age of 10.

Jacob's Well Coffeehouse, downtown Rockville 's monthly Christian nightclub, will feature 4ever1, a six-person group from Albany, New York.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to create tax-free entrepreneurial zones tied to State University of New York campuses.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, has released a bill that he's touting as a response to recent public corruption arrests that would limit legislative leaders to eight-year terms.

WHITEHALL, NY. It's been 24 hours since the deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma and Jessica Crosier tells us she still hasn't heard from her grandparents.

As the crowd began filed toward the Capitol to meet with legislators, emcee Melody Burns repeated what was the main theme of Albany's latest pro-gun rally: "Do not comply!" She was asking rally-goers, of course, not to comply with the state's January gun laws, which included a stricter limit on the number of rounds in a magazine and a requirement ... (more)