Zohran Mamdani’s school chancellor begs Albany for another $602M to hire 6K teachers

ALBANY – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly minted schools chancellor asked state lawmakers Thursday for another $602 million to hire 6,000 new teachers in Big Apple Schools. That’s on top of ...

Amtrak restoring full Albany-NYC train schedule by early March

Amtrak has agreed to restore all suspended or combined Empire Service trains between New York's Penn Station and the ...
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Empire State Weekly: Budget process highlights tension between NYC and Albany

When Gov. Hochul announced her $260 billion spending plan for the 2027 fiscal year, it kicked off the routine budget process ...
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Metro-North Plan for Albany Service Falls Apart

It looks like the big Metro-North expansion that was supposed to carry riders straight from Grand Central to Albany has ...
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Amtrak service between Albany, NYC to be restored

Governor Hochul announced Amtrak will be restoring all Empire Service trains between New York Penn Station and ...
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Albany’s first mayor of color leads MLK march

Crowds gathered in Albany on Monday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. People marched from the New ...
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Upstate Metro North expansion scrapped as Amtrak agrees to restore Albany trains

Amtrak will restore full daily service between the Capital Region and New York City in early March, while the Metro-North commuter railroad expansion north of Poughkeepsie has been cancelled due to ...