WAMC New York News

Commuters may be closer than ever to a high-speed train trip from Albany to New York City.

Environmental groups say PCBs found in drinking water confirms the need for dredging the Hudson.

New York Senator Hillary Clinton Tuesday called on InBev, the Belgian brewing giant who recently announced that they will be purchasing Anheuser-Busch, to ensure that the 200 jobs at the Metal Container Corporation at Stewart Airport would be retained.

New York Congressman Eliot Engel of Rockland and Westchester Tuesday introduced legislation that would require half of all cars made in America to be flexible fuel vehicles, able to run on gasoline or alcohol or a combination of both, by the year 2012 and rising to 80 percent by 2015.

Both New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey of Hurley and US Senator Hillary Clinton have called on the City of New York Department of Environmental Protection to move forward on a proposal for the Delaware County Electric Cooperative to develop hydro power facilities at four New York City reservoirs in the Catskills.

Columbia County's first workforce housing project was officially dedicated Tuesday with New York Governor David Paterson calling it a premier example for what affordable housing should be in the Hudson Valley.

One example of New York's interest in creating more mass transit opportunities is hitting the highways this fall.

YouTube and the problems at Oniontown were the subject of an executive session in the Dutchess County town of Dover.

Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Massachusetts has opened an expanded and renovated simulation center to train doctors and nurses.

The New York Attorney General is reaching out to citizens in Albany.

Drug addicts, gamblers and alcoholics trying to kick their habits in treatment facilities won't be allowed to use tobacco under a new regulation that goes into effect across New York state this week.

New York Governor David Paterson is hoping a state agency will hit the brakes on a proposed transit fare hike.

A bill under consideration by New York Governor David Paterson takes aim at violent video games.

The clubhouse has been spruced up,nthe food choices have been expanded and the horses are ready to run as Saratoga Race Course opens its 140th season today.

An invasive algae called didymo (did-dee-mo)nappears to be spreading in the Delaware River.

Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has been hired as Chief Executive of CMA Consulting Services, which provides computer programming and information technology to the state and other clients.

More cooperation from Canada and easier tracking of meth ingredient purchases called for.

Oneida County has been chosen as the forward training site for the Air Force's Airborne Warning and Control System.

The weather may be hot, but the talks around New York are about how the state can help people stay warm this winter.

The growth of the green industry may help pull more girls into science.

New York state regulators say HealthNow New York will pay a $1 million fine for denying insurance coverage for infertility treatments to thousands of women.

Hundreds of thousands of students would be eligible for the low-interest college loans being proposed by the state Commission on Higher Education.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is warning media company Comcast that it could face legal action if it doesn't agree to eliminate access to child porn through its Internet service.

Governor David Paterson held a meeting with his cabinet to discuss the bleak outlook for New York's financial future.

Three Vassar College emergency medical technicians leave from the Poughkeepsie, NY campus for Uganda next weekend with the goal of founding an Emergency Medical Services Program.

The first West Nile virus positive bird found in Dutchess County, NY this year has been located in the Town of East Fishkill, county Health Department officials said Monday.

US Senator Charles Schumer of New York Monday scolded federal court judges who recently ruled against a three-year-old Environmental Protection Agency program which would have required power plants across the nation to abide by stricter emissions, and offered a resolution to address the issue.

A 20-year-old Brewster, NY man, who is being held in the Putnam County Jail in Carmel on burglary and other charges, claims he was beaten up by a sheriff's investigator in a file room at the jail.

Parents in New York City say they're kids are getting burned by hot playground equipment.

If you got a letter from the New York Tax Department asking you to explain why you're getting a refund, you're not alone.