Some pressing issues as session winds down at the Capitol

Governor Andrew Cuomo is creating a committee to investigate the state legislature. And he says that committee will have subpoena power. The governor said state lawmakers failed to pass legislation focused on public integrity, so he's taking action.
6:31 PM  



Two Capital Region men accused of terror plot

Glendon Scott Crawford of Galway and Eric Feight of Hudson are accused of conspiring together to build a mobile, remotely-operated device that would kill people with lethal doses of X-ray radiation.
6:19 PM

Lawmakers try to push bill named for Lt. Col. Todd Clark

Lawmakers are trying to fast track a bill that would allow the families of fallen military to keep the flags that fly at half staff on the State Capitol. It's named for Lt. Colonel Todd Clark, an Albany native killed in Afghanistan.
5:23 PM

Corrections officer stabbed by inmate

A corrections officer at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility is recovering after being stabbed by an inmate. According to NewsChannel 13’s media partners at the Post Star newspaper, the officer was stabbed in the abdomen and face as he was escorting inmates to breakfast.
3:48 PM

Police investigating homicide of 1-month-old baby

Albany police say they’re investigating homicide one-month-old baby. Police responded to a report of a child with injuries at Albany Med around 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 13.
4:27 PM

 


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3-war Veteran gives Memorial Day message

The grand marshal of this year’s Memorial Day parade in Albany says we should never pass it off as just another parade. Col. John Edwards of Niskayuna has a distinguished military career that spans three wars.

Comptroller's office seeking to reunite NYer's with funds

It's a misconception, in New York at least, that all government does is take your money. Comptroller Tom Dinapoli's office of unclaimed funds is returning $1 million a day to New Yorkers.  

Lyme disease, other tick-borne illnesses pose wide ranging problems

New York ranks third in the nation for confirmed cases of Lyme disease. The CDC says Lyme is epidemic and the fastest growing insect-borne, infectious disease in the country.
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