Albany County

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....

BERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy in upstate New York is being hailed as a hero for using his mother's cellphone to call 911 after her car crashed down a 150-foot embankment outside of Albany. Authorities say Dolores Dober was driving on a road...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that an earthquake just shook the town of Altamont, outside of Albany. Cuomo issued the following statement just after 5 p.m. Saturday: "We have reports of a 2.9 magnitude earthquake just west-southwest of...

Ex-Gov. David Paterson has dodged a big bullet that easily could've ended in a stint in the state pen. The Albany County District Attorney has decided to drop perjury charges that accused him of lying – when he was in office -- about accepting free...

A New Jersey man admitted Thursday in court to ripping off more than $1.7 million in vehicle registration fees he collected on behalf of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles last year, PIX 11 News has learned. Glenn Fox, 58, of Marlboro,...

Gov. David Paterson could face a criminal charge for what a special counsel called inaccurate and misleading testimony on tickets he secured last year from the New York Yankees for the opening game of the World Series. The state's former chief judge,...

It's one of the latest budgets to be passed in New York's 220-year history, and it's going to cost you in a variety of ways, unless you're a multi-millionaire. The state legislature approved the $136 billion budget 125 days late in a vote that took place...

An archivist convicted of selling stolen New York artifacts such as an original Currier & Ives lithograph on EBay was sentenced in Albany Thursday to two to six years in prison. He also paid $129,500 in restitution and handed over his personal...

By the time she reached her mid-30s, Ellen Manning had a degree in English and a respectable job with the state of New York. She had a large group of friends, a supportive family, a nice house and a cat she loved. Still, she had always felt somewhat...