Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Wednesday January 23, 2013 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The unemployment rate rose last month in upstate New York and held steady in the New York City metropolitan area compared to a year earlier. The Department of Labor statistics released
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Budget documents show the New York state police planning to train 330 more recruits in the coming year. After attrition, they would to increase the total of sworn officers to 4,657,
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. - The East Greenbush Police Department says they have arrested an 18-year-old man they say attempted to rob a female victim as she sat in the driver seat of her vehicle while in the
ALBANY, N.Y. - Governor Andrew Cuomo released his education budget for 2013 during the executive budget address Tuesday.Tim Kremer is the executive director of the NYS School Boards Association. He knows
Students at the Emma Willard School in Troy are skipping class for a good cause.
Authorities across upstate New York are taking measures to ensure the homeless have shelter as a deep freeze continues across the region.
As Governor Cuomo laid out how he plans to pay for his ambitious agenda this year, economic development was front and center. A key part of that is raising the minimum wage, Cuomo says.
Police in Albany arrested two men for possessing graffiti instruments on Washington Avenue Tuesday night.
A Queensbury man has been arrested after he allegedly struck his dog in the nose with a shovel.
Just in time for the cold winter weather, Homeless and Travelers Aid is donating 500 coats to the Capital City Rescue Mission on Wednesday.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office recovered more than $335 million last year from Medicaid fraud and abuse.
More than two months after the election, Cecilia Tkaczyk will be officially sworn in as the elected representative of the 46th State Senate District in Albany on Wednesday.
Jack's Oyster House in the City of Albany will mark 100 years of business on Thursday.
State Police say a 20-year employee of Stewart's Shop has been accused of using her corporate credit card for items which were not business related.
Gov. Deval Patrick is detailing his proposed $34.8 billion state budget, which he says focuses on nurturing the Massachusetts economy.
Five gravestones were defaced with graffiti in the Warrensburg Cemetery, the Warren County Sheriff's Office tells NEWS10.
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Department says just after noon on Wednesday, the NBT Bank at the intersection of Routes 10 and 20 in the town of Sharon Springs was robbed, causing the nearby school to go into a lockdown.
Hunter Mountain is hosting a three-day country music festival featuring award-winning bands like Lady Antebellum, Willie Nelson & Family, Hunter Hayes and Montgomery Gentry this June.
Hunter Mountain is hosting a three-day country music festival featuring award-winning bands like Lady Antebellum, Willie Nelson & Family, Hunter Hayes and Montgomery Gentry this June.
Around 100 cats were seized from a home in Schoharie County Wednesday, the Sheriff's Department says.
Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make it harder for motorists in New York to plead down a speeding ticket to a lesser charge.
The State Police out of Fonda say one person has died as the result of a roll-over accident on Route 5 in the town of Amsterdam Wednesday morning.
Code Blue stays in Albany.
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
