Referring to President Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill, Tonko said the “Big Betrayal Bill” has “a door opening to privatization” for Social Security.

The county’s goal is to lower costs for accessory dwelling units, making more housing available.

HILLTOWNS — Two Hilltown men have been charged with attempted murder following an early morning drive-by shooting on Sunday that wounded a woman, police say.

BETHLEHEM — After a State Trooper had pulled over a car on Interstate 87 in Bethlehem on Friday morning, another car, driving north on the Thruway, hit the trooper’s patrol car.

A federal rule change now requires Whitney Young and its counterparts across the nation to verify immigration status, forbidding Community Health Centers from using federal funds to treat undocumented immigrants. At the same time, changes to Medicaid will eliminate insurance coverage for millions of New Yorkers.

A new fair initiative this year is bringing city and country kids together on opening day to explore the fair together.“There aren’t enough opportunities for kids from different backgrounds to come together in a fun place and get to know each other,” said Anderson. “It’s an important thing that we’re missing in society.”

The state’s departments of health and environmental conservation put out an advisory on Monday, going from noon till midnight for most of the state, including Albany County, because the air-quality index was over 100. The reading in Albany at noon on Monday was 107.

Since President Donald Trump began his second term, Congressman Paul Tonko has held a series of roundtable discussions — one with library leaders, another with leaders of local food banks — focusing on the effects of cuts in federal funds have had on their work. This week, he talked with leaders of historic sites.

 One lesson to take from the tragic loss of life during the July 4 floods in Texas hill country is that people in remote areas were not alerted to the danger in time. We urge Albany County to work with its municipalities including Guilderland, but especially in the Helderberg Hilltowns, which suffered so with Irene and where internet communication is often spotty, to come up with a workable system to inform residents of impending dangers.