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SCHENECTADY — A Democratic delegation of state legislators slammed the state Office of Court Administration for what one of them described as the agency’s kneecapping of the city and its taxpayers in the protracted dispute over Schenectady’s court facilities and whether to build a new court facility or improve the existing facilities at the police station and City Hall. State Sen. Pat Fahy and Assemblymen Angelo Santabarbara, Phil Steck and John McDonald III joined forces wit

ALBANY, N.Y. –  Today, Senator Patricia Fahy (D–Albany), Assemblymember Gabriella Romero (D—Albany, Guilderland, New Scotland), the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), elected officials, and 200-300 concerned citizens condemned the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good that occurred in Minneapolis yesterday while calling on New York State to urgently pass legislation that will hold ICE accountable and put an end to their reign of terror. These pieces of legislation inclu

Albany, N.Y. —  New York State Senator Patricia Fahy (D, WFP—Albany) and Assemblymember Gabriella Romero (D, WFP) today announced two $100,000 state grants they secured for the Village of Voorheesville to support the renovation of the historic Frank Bloomingdale Straw, Hay, and Grain Store on Main Street in Voorheesville.  The once-thriving Bloomingdale store - owned by the first Mayor of Voorheesville, Frank Bloomingdale, for 40 years - has been vacant since 2024. With this

Albany-area state Sen. Pat Fahy and several other Democratic legislators joined lawmakers from seven other states in an effort led by the organization State Futures to discuss a multi-state effort to respond to “escalating federal actions that undermine constitutional protections, target immigrant communities, and disregard court orders." During the briefing, Fahy shared two bills that she’ll be introducing in the next legislative session which addresses the behavior of U.S.