ALBANY COUNTY — After two years of protests, public meetings, and the institution of water-protection laws in two counties, the natural gas pipeline expansion project has been officially withdrawn.

Training that can diffuse a crisis would be safer for citizens and for the police officers who risk their lives to make our society safer.

The Alliance for Environmental Renewal, led by its president, Peter Henner, filed a lawsuit on May 5 against Empire State Development to stop it from distributing any of the $500 million that was appropriated by the New York State Legislature to improve broadband access, to ensure that areas without access receive it before the funds are depleted.

A three-decades-old shooting by Albany Police led to the creation of the city's Mobile Crisis Team.

SCHENECTADY — Justus Andrew Booze, whom his close friend called “the light in the room when you felt alone,” died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in a workplace accident in Guilderland. He was 23.

Was Gary Wright’s representation compromised because one of his lawyers, James Long, had also represented the Albany County district attorney, David Soares?

Dirty politics: We’re all sick of it. So we commend Warren Redlich for actually doing something about it. Last week, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled that Redlich’s case, claiming political defamation, can go to trial.

A drunk-driving conviction in the last decade means a steeper penalty for the 30-year-old.