
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll require his pension reform plans to be part of the state budget, pressing a cause that's important enough to risk a shutdown of state government.
The baseball season is fast approaching and a Pittsfield youth league finds itself needing to replace up to $1,000 worth of gear after thieves broke into its storage area and stole hats, belts and socks.
A Greenport man is accused of shooting an acquaintance in the leg Wednesday morning. State police say 62-year-old Michael Eigo shot a 52-year-old man inside Eigo's house on Fingar Road.
Albany police are warning homeowners of a scam involving men claiming they're from the Water Department. Police say two men went to a house on Marion Avenue last Tuesday, pretending to be water department workers.

A Schenectady woman was arraigned on arson charges in Monday's fire on Lansing Street. Jessica Lupi is accused of setting fire to a vacant apartment.
A 27-year-old firefighter with the Stuyvesant Fire Department is accused of having an inappropriate sexual communication with a minor, via a social networking site.
Most of Columbia County was cut off from the phone and internet after service was knocked out by an early morning fire in neighboring Greene County.

A late night walk for two women turned into a nightmare when police say they were attacked. The sexual assaults happened in two separate locations in Albany. Police don't know if they're related.
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A Troy man was arraigned on charges that he sexually abused several people all younger than 18-years-old. Forty-two-year-old Levora Green was arrested following a two month investigation.

Police are investigating several armed robberies. The most recent one took place at the Palmer's Variety Store on Elm Street.