A Capital District city is honoring a young athlete who died just months after graduating high school.Schenectady High School alum Naylon “Nay” Carrington was killed in a car crash in October 2020 at the age of 18, according to relatives.Not long after, loved ones started a petition on Change.org asking Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy and the city council to rename the Central Park ...

Police on Long Island are warning of scammers with an affinity for gold jewelry.Nassau County Police issued an alert Wednesday, June 22, saying they’ve investigated several incidents since early May in which scammers approached victims and offered them a gift or asked if they wanted to buy jewelry.The scammer then placed jewelry on a victim and, while distracting them, removed a piece ...

The suspect accused of gunning down a Capital District man in the summer of 2021 has confessed to the crime.Albany resident Shimair Perrin, age 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter Monday, June 27, in the fatal shooting of Lamon Lanier.Shimair PerrinAlbany County DALanier, age 34, was shot July 23, 2021 near Willet Street and Hudson Avenue in Albany, not far from Washington ...

A historic mansion in the Hudson Valley that was once lauded by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for its “coziness” just hit the market for $25 million.Known as Steen Valetje, the Dutchess County estate, located in Red Hook, sits on 290 acres and offers “breathtaking views of the Hudson River and Catskills beyond,” according to the listing from Compass Real Estate.“A sanctuary of seclusion, ...

Two prize-winning Powerball tickets were sold at the same store in the Capital District.The New York Lottery said both $100,000 Powerball Powerplay tickets were purchased in Schenectady at Cold Spring Fuel and Food on Hamburg Street.A third winning $100,000 ticket was sold in the Bronx.The winning numbers for the Monday, June 20, drawing were 3-44-61-63-69 and the Powerball was 13.The ...

A New York man convicted of attempted murder who later fled an Albany courthouse before that verdict could be read has been found dead in Florida.Albany resident Michael Green, age 36, fatally shot himself Thursday night, June 23, following a 5-hour standoff with Orlando police, according to the Albany County District Attorney's Office.A jury had convicted Green of attempted murder and ...

The Capital District is set to receive more than $27 million in federal funding to help pay for new pedestrian and biking projects around the region.New York was awarded a total of $178.8 million in federal dollars that will go to 75 communities across the state for projects that promote environmentally friendly modes of travel and make it easier and safer to bike and walk, according to ...

Students accused of photographing special needs students using the bathroom at a Northern Westchester high school will not face criminal charges, ABC 7 reports.The Bedford Police Department told the outlet they investigated the incidents at Fox Lane High School and decided against pressing charges, saying it wasn’t what the victims’ families wanted.The Bedford Central School District ...

Police are investigating after catalytic converters were stolen from nearly a dozen school buses on Long Island.Suffolk County Police said the thefts occurred sometime between Saturday, June 11, and Monday, June 13, as the buses sat parked at the Suffolk Transportation lot on Pond Road in Ronkonkoma.A total of 10 catalytic converters were nabbed from the buses, police said. They were ...

The Hudson Valley is set to receive more than $38 million in federal funding to help pay for new pedestrian and biking projects around the region.New York was awarded a total of $178.8 million in federal dollars that will go to 75 communities across the state for projects that promote environmentally friendly modes of travel and make it easier and safer to bike and walk, according to ...