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Monday, April 22, 2013  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under pressure from local government officials, says he will join their discussion to address the fiscal crisis facing cities, counties and their taxpayers.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  State officials say it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair damage to the grass in a downtown Albany park where opponents of New York's gun-control law held a large rally outside the Capitol.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  Albany Police are looking for a a person who stabbed a state trooper in the neck at the Empire State Plaza.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Advocates for raising the minimum wage are planning a rally in Albany on Monday.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it's impossible to raise the minimum wage this year because of legislative politics. But advocates for the poor say he can force a change administratively.

Saturday, December 17, 2011  120+ playing in Shoppingtown on Saturday, 30+ in Rome on Monday

Saturday, August 06, 2011  Vintage movie buffs from as far as England are coming

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who first worked in New York's ornate, 114-year-old Capitol when he was an unpaid 22-year-old adviser to his father, is speeding up its restoration, saving $2.3 million in the process.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  The group was a coalition of organizations and individuals who are voicing their concerns on hydrofracking.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  The Governor has adamantly repeated his belief that school districts around the state should be able to deal with his aid cut by eliminating waste and abuse and by tapping their reserve funds.

Sunday, March 27, 2011  The fire in New York's state Capitol building a hundred years ago claimed one life and destroyed an untold wealth of New York's history and heritage - from Dutch colonial records to priceless Iroquois artifacts stored in the building's libraries.

Monday, January 03, 2011  The grandeur of the Capitol is written on every wall, and in every reference to the statesman who once walked its hallways, like FDR and Al Smith.

Saturday, January 01, 2011  Authorities say the U.S. Capitol and surrounding buildings were evacuated and fighter jets were scrambled after an airliner flying into Washington's Reagan airport went out of radio contact.

Saturday, November 13, 2010  Where to live? Whom to hire? What's a voting card - and where are the bathrooms?

Sunday, August 15, 2010  Saturday concert and dance, 1935 admission prices for movie next weekend