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Since the program’s inception in New York City, Hochul said, “Red light running at intersections with cameras has dropped 73 percent. I don’t know what more you need than that data point. The T-bone crashes at intersections with cameras dropped 65 percent.” She also said that last year, in New York City alone, “red light runners killed 29 of our friends, neighbors, and family members. All 29 incidents occurred at intersections without red light cameras.”

Genoa first partnered with Albany County in 2019 to provide on-site pharmacy services for the county’s Department of Mental Health, causing an uproar among area pharmacies who felt the partnership was impacting their business, and had been forged in a way that was, at the very least, uncouth.  

Democrat Gabriella Romero faces Republican Alicia Purdy for a seat in the state’s 109th Assembly District made open by Pat Fahy’s decision to run for the State Senate.

Romero first won elected office in November 2021, when she was chosen by residents of Albany’s Sixth Ward to represent them on the city’s Common Council. 

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood has launched Menopause Care Services.

Democrat Janet Tweed, of Delhi, is looking to unseat Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague, a six-year incumbent from Schoharie who represents the largely rural 102nd Assembly District. The Enterprise spoke with both about their views on rural broadband, drug-addiction support, and the environment.

Common threads in Charles Reilly’s life are caring about the environment and expressing himself through writing. He has woven those threads together in his book.

Albany County will be expanding broadband to at least 591 homes in Rensselaerville and Coeymans using American Rescue Plan funding, but hopes to also secure state aid that would bring broadband to 1,142 homes in Coeymans, New Scotland, Bethlehem, and the four Hilltowns. 

In June’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, the United States Supreme Court overturned the 1984 case that gave federal agencies the flexibility to interpret broad statutes to implement regulations. 

A new AI supercomputer at the University at Albany, comparable to what is being used for profit in the private domain, is part of a larger state initiative to use the technology for public good.

Jim McGaughan, who previously chaired the Bethlehem Republican Committee, was elected last month as chairman of the Albany County GOP, replacing Randy Bashwinger, of Berne.