When the COVID emergency began in March of 2020, local governments had to quickly adapt. Public meetings across the Northeast migrated to Zoom as states made emergency allowances to open meetings laws. Now that public life is reopening, the chair of the 39-memeber Albany County Legislature says some of those changes should remain. Democrat Andrew Joyce and his colleagues wrote to state lawmakers asking them to consider tweaks to the Open Meetings Law.
We speak with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a delegate for Vice President Kamala Harris at this week's Democratic National Convention in Albany.
The busy summer racing season is now underway in Saratoga Springs. It’s also the first summer tourism season for City Public Safety Commissioner Jim...
Democratic Assemblyman Gottfried is wrapping up 52 years in the New York state legislature, ending his run as the longest-serving lawmaker in state history....