GABRIELS — A constitutional amendment to allow the sale of the abandoned Camp Gabriels state prison in Brighton took the first step in a long journey for the fifth time with the state Senate’s passage of local Sen. Dan Stec’s bill on Wednesday, May 22. The amendment to grant an ...

ALBANY — The state Legislature passed a $237 billion state budget almost three weeks late on Saturday, April 20, following five budget extensions and a cyberattack on April 17 that slowed the drafting process. The budget is supposed to be passed by April 1, which is the beginning of the ...

ALBANY — The state Legislature passed a $237 billion state budget 19 days late on Saturday, April 20, following five budget extensions and a cyberattack on April 17 that slowed the drafting process. The new financial plan includes packages aimed at addressing the statewide affordable housing ...

ALBANY — Legislators at the New York State Capitol have begun voting on bills for the late state budget and expect that a fiscal plan may be finalized by Saturday, April 20. Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, said shortly before 9 a.m. Friday that the Assembly had passed four of ...

LAKE PLACID — An agreement between the town of North Elba and the state Olympic Regional Development Authority, which authorizes ORDA to operate the town’s Olympic venues, has been expired since at least 2007, the Lake Placid News has found. Despite the expired agreement, the town has ...

LAKE PLACID — Jeff Erenstone resigned as chairman of the Lake Placid Sports Council this month, less than one year after the council was reinstated. His resignation comes as the town of North Elba and state Olympic Regional Development Authority work on creating a new version of a ...