The Latest Breaking News from Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is banning pet stores from selling cats, dogs and rabbits.

A proposal that would have restricted where Airbnbs could be run ignites a heated debate about people's freedoms.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams expressed support Thursday for an effort in Albany to lay the groundwork for Black New Yorkers to receive reparations for slavery — saying specific attention should be paid to still-existing companies that benefited from slave labor.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul warned Wednesday that New Yorkers are facing a potential triple threat as rising COVID-19, flu and RSV cases ahead of the holidays strain hospital resources.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss bribery charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin.

It’s not our collective imagination: Large numbers of deeply unstable New Yorkers are inhabiting the streets and subways. A small fraction of those beset with psychosis — Simon Martial, Peter Zisopoulos, Alexander Wright and Frank James come to mind — present a danger to others.

Favourable weather conditions have seen the alert level for a bushfire that had been threatening lives and homes near Albany downgraded.

ALBANY, THE BAHAMAS: This week Tiger Woods has an unwanted visitor – 'plantar fasciitis'. And, it has taken him away from the tournament he hosts, one he has often used as a stage to make a comeback into competitive golf.

NEW YORK — New York City police and mental health clinicians who engage emotionally disturbed people on streets and subways will now be armed with a much broader interpretation of state law to institutionalize those who pose a risk to themselves or others.

A logo encouraging inclusion has been approved by a council in WA, despite claims it could "fragment" the community and comparisons to George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.

The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.