EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

ICE has arrested over 4,600 immigrants in New York this year through July, the majority of which had no criminal history. Most of those arrested are working age men, but the data also shows some children have been arrested as young as age 3. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

"Kibamba is hopeful he will eventually be granted the right to remain in the U.S., where he’d like to learn English and return to his profession as an electrical engineer. If deported to Congo, he believes he will be killed." www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Amazing details in @justkristi.bsky.social's narrative of how CBS6 found itself eliciting a double murder confession in a studio interview. Noted: Greg Floyd's questioning offered "a master class in knowing when to push a subject and when to stay quiet."

Important story by my colleague @mariamsilva.bsky.social: the federal government has stopped paying for new citizen naturalization ceremonies www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Over 1600 arrests at Federal Plaza Immigration Court in NYC. At least 500 in Erie County. More than 100 in Monroe, Albany and Saratoga counties, respectively. @timesunion.com mapped where ICE is arresting immigrants in New York in 2025 www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Where ICE arrested thousands of immigrants in New York this year. @timesunion.com mapped the arrests so you can see the enforcement action by county, court house and jail www.timesunion.com/news/article...

ABC announced that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death. nyti.ms/46vgZl3

A mother is suing Albany Medical Center after the death of her 1-month-old baby in April. Shamaya Jackson, 35, said her daughter, Milani Finch, was deemed healthy at her one-month pediatrician visit, but days later she was dead. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Babe, wake up: The new Ulster County "I voted" sticker (IYKYK) just dropped ... and it's a good one. Shoutout to sixth-grader Ryker Darmanin for the winning design. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

“Of course, we’re struggling. But rural community hospitals always struggle.” Good piece looking at the impact of Trump's big bill on Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. barnraisingmedia.com/what-medicai...

BREAKING: AG Letitia James' office will intervene in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that seeks to compel a New York court to enforce Texas’ abortion ban against a Hudson Valley doctor. @phillippantuso.bsky.social reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will not end his reelection campaign.

PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

In Saratoga Springs, an official was convicted for violating the Freedom of Information Law and charged $660. These aren't criminal charges, but still very rare to see officials penalized over FOIL violations like this www.timesunion.com/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE: A New Jersey man is suing an upstate New York town and one of its cops over serious injuries he suffered when the officer slammed him to the pavement during an arrest, knocking him unconscious. The @timesunion.com obtained video. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

It's a love story, and baby, she said yes. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, the couple announced on Instagram.

In case you missed this one: we found homeless people in Auburn NY were paid to fill out paperwork saying they were donating $250 to the campaign of Republican Caleb Slater, when in fact they made no donations. The state Public Campaign Finance Board is investigating.

Trump says he is looking to send in the National Guard to Chicago or New York.

Paula Griffith, one of the oldest people in the U.S., celebrated her 111th birthday at The Wesley Community in Saratoga Springs last month.

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

INVESTIGATION: an NY Senate candidate reported contributions of $250 from several homeless people who told the newspaper that they never donated money to his campaign and that they were paid to submit contribution forms for the campaign. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

SCOOP: Homeless people said they were paid to be listed as donors for a NY Senate candidate. Others told the @timesunion.com the candidate paid them with pre-paid cash gift cards worth 2x the value of their donation www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

These NY hospitals had some of the longest median emergency room visit times in the country with typical visits (wait + care) stretching well over 6 hours. www.timesunion.com/projects/202...

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations" cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

Albany Med is moving ahead with plans for a $25M expansion of its emergency department after facing some of the longest ER visit times in the nation in recent years. They plan to add 7,000 sq ft to the adult ED, which hasn't been renovated since 2004 www.timesunion.com/news/article...

More than 50 candidates for the legislature donated money to their own campaign and then requested thousands in taxpayer dollars under a state program used first in 2024. More in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NEW: Dozens of state lawmakers participating in NY’s new public campaign finance program received taxpayer $ to match contributions they gave themselves. More than 100 candidates got thousands in matching funds for contributions made by their family. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NEW: Trump DOJ sues Mayor Eric Adams over NYC sanctuary policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/n...

How a state-funded campaign finance program is boosting business for political consultants and accountants in New York www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Breakdown of how "One Big Beautiful Bill" would affect health care in NY, via @timesunion.com. NY health officials have warned of billions of dollars in losses to state health care facilities www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

"There are real deficiencies in hospital quality in New York across the state,” said Sherry Glied, chair of the Commission on the Future of Health Care. "The state ought to be shifting its funding that it’s giving to hospitals in a way that really takes those quality considerations into account.”

Scoop: NY's Commission on the Future of Health Care will release its first report soon. The commission's chair said the report will discuss how @governor.ny.gov should tackle poor hospital quality, among other measures www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NEWS: U.S. Attorney John Sarcone of the Northern District of NY is required to live in the district. But he has listed a boarded up building in Albany with no valid occupancy permit as his residence on an affidavit. By Brendan Lyons @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NY Attorney General @tishjames.bsky.social said in a new report, NY should mostly ban police pursuits and start collecting data on how often they happen, citing the injuries and deaths related to these incidents www.timesunion.com/news/article...

If you missed this story, you don't want to. New developments in one of the most unusual criminal cases unfolding in the U.S. right now.

The latest in the Zizians killings saga, a group allegedly linked to 6 deaths in 3 states: Prosecutors are expected to add new charges carrying the potential for the death penalty for Teresa Youngblut, involved in the death of a border patrol agent in VT. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

After Michael Peter's leg amputation, something wasn't right. Months later, his doctors discovered at least one sponge had been left inside his body during surgery. He was one of at least 7 patients since 2020 to whom who this happened at Albany Medical Center www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Exclusive: New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years.

Albany Medical Center mistakenly left objects in surgery patients at least 7 times since 2020, a @timesunion.com investigation finds. We explored what happened, how it impacted patients and why these cases are so hard to uncover in NY www.timesunion.com/news/article...

NY bans anonymous child welfare reports thanks, in part, to Eli Hager’s reporting on a Brooklyn mother whose apartment was searched dozens of times — by police and caseworkers who never had a warrant — because an angry former acquaintance kept anonymously calling the hotline about her.

NY can regulate yeshivas but can't close them, Court of Appeals rules www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

A NY program that gives candidates taxpayer money for their campaigns if they raise small donations has no spending cap and candidate can still raise large sums from big donors and corporations. Campaign spending was way up last year as it kicked off. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Legislative candidates in New York spent more money last year than in any election in the past 25 years except one, in part due to a new program that poured millions of taxpayer dollars into state Senate and Assembly campaigns. (📝 @emiliemunson.bsky.social‬ )

NY legislative candidates spent more money last year than in any election in the past 25 years except one, in part due to a new state program that poured millions into campaigns. While it’s encouraging small donors, candidates are still raking in big donor $$ too www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

@reinventalbany.bsky.social report on FOIL processing by NYS agencies: 👏 to state Board of Elections for an average 4 day processing time for requests. @mta.info's average wait time was 86 days. reinventalbany.org/2025/06/list...

New York State Police pursued a car that was driving too fast in Westchester County last night. A teen was driving and eventually crashed in an incident that injured 11 people. The chase reached 130 mph www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

the first known example of a current New York City public school student detained by ICE during Trump’s second administration" www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

Some New York counties are now buying and starting to use a controversial new voting machine. But a lawsuit, state legislation and even a Trump executive order all threaten to block voters from using it www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...