Decades before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed for fast and free buses, the city of Albany had ... the Freewheeler.

From 1978 to 1980, the feds used Downtown Albany as a testing ground for free buses.

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The viral meal slop trend. Can anyone hear themselves

They once got Walter Cronkite to record a bulletin on the Monica Lewinsky affair years after he retired because he happened to be in the building

Albany orders hiring freeze, other measures amid fiscal difficulties City of Albany Department heads asked to submit budget reduction plans as high as 15%. Mayor Dorcey Applyrs is expected to speak on the city's financial health on Friday.

Ominous signs coming from City Hall on the state of Albany’s finances
-Total city hiring freeze
- Department heads told to submit budget reduction plans of as much as 15%
-Travel canceled
-City budget director leaves, no replacement named

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A really nice Remember Some Guys prompt in Tim Kurkjian's little note that if Kyle Teel is hurt Italy can add another catcher to their WBC roster. But which Italian-American backup will it be? Is a red landline phone ringing in Sal Fasano's home right now?

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

This is thorough and merciless and more applicable to American domestic affairs than you might expect. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

this series is up there with the best things jon has ever done

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

The Bills are hiring for a staff photographer that isnt quite full time hours but theres no way you could have another job.

You'll be going to home and away games, covering training camp, mini camp, preseason and regular season games, taking player portraits, etc etc etc.

17.50 an hour. Lol. Wtf.

interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”

It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.

‘I miss you’: Emails detail close ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Bard President Leon Botstein Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and a visit with “girls” to the college.

Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and a visit with “girls” to the college.

Guatemalan migrant rebuilds life after judge finds ICE detention illegal A Guatemalan man living in Dutchess County recounted his two weeks in detention. His experience highlights an ongoing legal battle over who can be detained.

An excellent, lucid profile of one young man’s journey through the digestive system of an ICE detainment. Maria Silva reports.

I'll be excited to hear if JLC's consciously pursuing different roles after A Fish Called Wanda and how having a baby is changing priorities for Kate.

the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.

Moving out of the city and up into the Hudson Valley was so good for me and my wife. We have great nature trails, quaint shops, and now we live 5 minutes from the kidnapped leader of a sovereign nation

Capital Region ice rinks are looking for Zamboni drivers. Here's what it takes to be one “It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.

“It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.

Afghans escaped the Taliban. Now they fear ICE in New York. Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.

Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.

Homeland Security tweet: Merry Christmas, America. We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.

Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.

“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”

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‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Editor Matt Rocheleau on his life and journey with ALS Hearst Newspapers’ editor Matt Rocheleau describes his journey living with an incurable, debilitating, terminal disease.

Since 2021, data investigations editor Matt Rocheleau has worked on some of the Times Union’s most impactful journalism. For more than three years, he’s done that work while dealing with the onset of ALS. Read his story:

Trailer: The Girl in the Pond

All 9 episodes of the newest @timesunion.com true crime podcast "The Girl in the Pond" are now available! Perfect binge for a holiday road trip 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/5kAgqv7...

NewsNation, Nexstar's right-wing "unbiased and neutral" news network, is now doing sponcon for Qatar

Official: Building in fatal fire did not have occupancy permit City Buildings Director Richard LaJoy said owner of 241 Western Ave. had been referred for prosecution in 2021 but city lawyers did not act.

The fire on Western Ave that killed 2 people occurred in a building that had not had a residential occupancy permit for almost five years. The codes dept. said the city never brought legal proceedings against the landlord: www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Shoutout to the Hyde Park Marriott which has a channel playing the Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary on loop 24/7.

This doesn’t happen without Maria’s intrepid reporting on this policy change, which USCIS tried to keep quiet.

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