http://www.yourstreet.com/news/albany-ny The latest Albany, NY news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us You know there's a crisis in Albany when the Legislature starts working four days a week instead of two or three. The Assembly and Senate just put out their calendar for the... http://www.yourstreet.com/5019871/nose-to-the-grindstone-albany-style Freezing rain didn’t stop more than 5,000 New York state employees from converging at the Capitol in Albany on Jan. 7 to protest Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget for 2009... http://www.yourstreet.com/5019653/ny-public-employees-protest-governor-s-budget Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, released the proposed new rules that the new Democratic-controlled Senate will look to pass next week when they return to Albany next week. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/5019338/new-senate-rules Lost for a few weeks after Newsday laid her off, former Albany reporter and Spin Cycle contributor Melissa Mansfield has been found again with a job in the Assembly press office... http://www.yourstreet.com/5019350/lost-and-found-mansfield-lands Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's press office will soon be getting some assistance from the highly capable hands (She writes! She knits! She plays the accordion!) of former... http://www.yourstreet.com/5019097/newsday-s-loss-is-silver-s-gain In Rensselaer County, two families are finding another place to stay after a late night fire. http://www.yourstreet.com/5019236/house-fire-in-rensselaer Albany, N.Y., was named to the Forbes magazine list of the Top 25 Strongest Housing Markets in the U.S. http://www.yourstreet.com/5019045/albany-makes-forbes-strongest-housing-markets-list Forbes Magazine is counting Albany as one of the top 25 strongest housing markets in America. http://www.yourstreet.com/5018653/forbes-counts-albany-among-america-s-25-strongest-housing-markets In what is being interpreted as a sign that Adolfo Carrion's appointment to a post with the Obama administration is indeed moving forward, the Bronx borough president sent a... http://www.yourstreet.com/5018071/carrion-finally-on-the-way-out ALBANY—Representative Steve Israel will be in Watertown on Saturday, less than a week after his trip to Syracuse and Utica and the day before David Paterson visits the North... http://www.yourstreet.com/5018805/now-israel-heads-to-upper-upstate Dozens of Philip Livingston Magnet Academy parents turned out Thursday night to voice their concerns to district officials about how to handle the students after the school... http://www.yourstreet.com/5017260/albany-parents-weigh-in-on-student-redistribution ALBANY—David Paterson said he hasn't spoken to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo about an appointment to the U.S. Senate. "I have not talked to him necessarily about the Senate,"... http://www.yourstreet.com/5017810/paterson-hasn-t-interviewed-cuomo-or-kennedy-for-senate-seat "You'll take me back? Hey, while you're here, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you." Up in Albany, Republicans are losing everything . According to the Times , GOP senators... http://www.yourstreet.com/5016869/is-mayor-bloomberg-the-new-york-gop-s-silver-lining ALBANY -- Caroline Kennedy's lack of elected office experience “does not help her” in her quest to represent New York in the U. S. Senate, Gov. David A. Paterson told The... http://www.yourstreet.com/5016298/paterson-coy-on-kennedy ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday called Caroline Kennedy's lack of experience as a lawmaker "a minus" when weighing her qualifications to be a US senator. Paterson, who'd pick... http://www.yourstreet.com/5016085/caroline-has-a-minus-gov NO wonder Gov. Paterson didn't impress lawmakers with his State of the State speech in Albany this week. Paterson told WOR's Joan Hamburg yesterday he was so nervous, he was ... http://www.yourstreet.com/5016084/stage-fright As they adjust to their newly diminished role in the State Senate, Republicans will likely be forced to eliminate positions and lay off significant portions of their staffs. http://www.yourstreet.com/5014561/for-g-o-p-in-albany-the-spoils-are-going-away Members of the local Jewish community gathered at Temple Israel in Albany for a peace rally. http://www.yourstreet.com/5014101/peace-rally-for-israel The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany announced Thursday that it will permanently shut the doors of more than 30 of its churches... http://www.yourstreet.com/5012031/more-than-30-churches-likely-to-close A number of State of the State regulars didn't make it to Gov. David Paterson's first crack at the annual temperature-taking speech due to a variety of reasons ranging from bad... http://www.yourstreet.com/5011978/the-lone-congressman A pizza deliveryman was robbed for a second time in a month in the city of Albany Wednesday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/5012047/pizza-deliveryman-robbed-again-in-city-of-albany This strikes me as good news, from the Slaughter press release: Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, has formed a new... http://www.yourstreet.com/5011771/slaughter-forms-upstate-caucus An announcement is coming soon about church closings and mergers in the Albany Catholic Diocese. http://www.yourstreet.com/5011672/church-closings An Albany health clinic is getting millions of dollars to help get the message out to diabetes sufferers. http://www.yourstreet.com/5011675/texting-diabetes-patients An Albany minister will be featured in a commercial on national TV. http://www.yourstreet.com/5011680/local-pastor-in-tv-ad An out of town developer is talking about doing downtown residential development in Albany but... http://www.yourstreet.com/5010987/new-residential-development-in-downtown-must-be-an-election-year Frank Padavan has been in limbo on his official status - Senator? Former senator? - for over two months now as the 11th SD election results have been tied up in court. That has... http://www.yourstreet.com/5010967/padavan-still-on-the-job-for-free A 31-year-old immigrant from Mexico has pleaded guilty in federal court in Albany to illegally re-entering the U.S. after he was deported. http://www.yourstreet.com/5010665/man-pleads-guilty-to-illegally-re-entering-u-s Gov. David Paterson minced no words in his State of the State message yesterday in Albany. New York is shaken by market meltdowns amid a reeling global economy. Wealth, he said,... http://www.yourstreet.com/5010151/local-students-impressed-but-skeptical-of-paterson-s-plans A day later, Dean Skelos is still majority leader and the GOP is still in charge on the WWW, where the Senate website has yet to be changed to reflect Albany's new reality.... http://www.yourstreet.com/5009933/skelos-still-a-virtual-leader ALBANY - Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown may not be on Gov. David A. Paterson's radar screen for the upcoming vacancy in New York's U.S. Senate seat, but Rep. Brian Higgins clearly is. http://www.yourstreet.com/5009425/higgins-makes-paterson-s-short-list-for-u-s-senate-seat http://www.yourstreet.com/5008447/paterson-forgot-all-about-reform-for-albany ALBANY - Saying the "state of our state is perilous," Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday sought to combat New York's grim economic picture by proposing clean-energy initiatives,... http://www.yourstreet.com/5007465/paterson-targets-energy-health ALBANY - Gov. Pater son squandered an opportunity to con front New York's fiscal problems yesterday in a rambling, thin and cliché-ridden State of the State Address that failed... http://www.yourstreet.com/5007879/wrong-address-gov ALBANY - Democrats took control of the state Senate yesterday for the first time since 1965 and elected the first African-American senator to lead the chamber. http://www.yourstreet.com/5006786/n-y-senate-elects-first-black-leader-as-democrats-take-control ALBANY - Queens Democrat Hiram Monserrate (right), accused of smashing a glass into his girlfriend's face, defiantly marched into the state Senate chamber to take his oath of... http://www.yourstreet.com/5007872/defiant-hiram-joins-senate Thursday, January 8 HOOSICK, N.Y. — Police arrested two people on Monday in connection with the killing of a horse at a barn on Hill Road. Michael J. Lohnes, 25, of Hoosick... http://www.yourstreet.com/5008277/two-charged-in-n-y-horse-slaying-case ALBANY - New York Gov. David Paterson says he was dizzy, anxious and uncertain he could make it to the podium before delivering his first State of the State speech on Wednesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/5011396/paterson-admits-anxiety-before-speech ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A former treasurer for New York's largest state and municipal workers' union says she is guilty of embezzling at least $16,000. http://www.yourstreet.com/5009516/ex-treasurer-admits-stealing-from-albany-area-csea-union ALBANY - Saying the "state of our state is perilous," Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday sought to combat New York's grim economic picture by proposing clean-energy initiatives,... http://www.yourstreet.com/5006421/paterson-asks-state-to-sacrifice Carol Bruno of Albany plead guilty to embezzling at least 16,000 dollars in union money. http://www.yourstreet.com/5004908/former-csea-treasurer-pleads-guilty-to-embezzlement Shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Saints returned to Albany, buoyed by the fact that they'd pushed the Kansas Jayhawks to the limit. http://www.yourstreet.com/5003922/siena-saints-return-home-after-near-upset-against-kansas We loved reading the Times coverage of Governor Paterson's State of the State speech. He's so inspirational sometimes. (And they didn't even include the jokes!) In his... http://www.yourstreet.com/5003885/cuddle-guv-kicks-snuggle-butt-in-state-of-the-state-speech It’s been a pretty good week for Caroline Kennedy’s non-campaign campaign — and she certainly needs it. True, one poll showed a drastic drop in her popularity with voters, but... http://www.yourstreet.com/5003886/chris-smith-caroline-s-quiet-rebound David Paterson explicitly came out in support of the Ravitch Commission’s recommendations to fund mass transit by taxing business payrolls and tolling the East River Bridges. ... http://www.yourstreet.com/5010773/paterson-backs-ravitch-plan-bloomberg-says-i-don-t-want-to-make-this The number of patents issued to people living in the Albany, N.Y., region was down sightly in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter as well as the year-ago quarter,... http://www.yourstreet.com/5003821/159-patents-issued-to-albany-residents-in-q4 http://www.yourstreet.com/5003417/albany-show-us-all-of-the-money ALBANY—Statements and spin are coming from every corner of the Capitol after David Paterson's first State of the State address: "What is it they say, imitation is the sincerest... http://www.yourstreet.com/5004045/some-first-s-o-s-reactions Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing is Tuesday. In his State of the State speech, David Paterson spoke of hate crimes . Dan Jacoby observes the end of the very short... http://www.yourstreet.com/5004477/elsewhere-more-oddo-clinton-s-confirmation-quinn-on-taxes 7 p.m., Representatives from the American Academy in Rome, the American Institute of Architects, the Deborah J. Norden Fund, the Design Trust for Public Space, the MacDowell... http://www.yourstreet.com/5004049/on-tomorrow