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Churchill: Soccer in downtown Albany? Here's plan 2.0

Churchill: Soccer in downtown Albany? Here's plan 2.0

A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of the proposed Albany soccer stadium, which would anchor a $600 million district and require $150...

02.04.2025 4

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Churchill: Jacob Pratt wants his life to honor his fallen friends

Churchill: Jacob Pratt wants his life to honor his fallen friends

Jacob Pratt pictured with Esmee Luna, the wife of Border Patrol agent Christopher Luna, on the anniversary of the March 8, 2024, helicopter crash that...

30.03.2025 20

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Churchill: Let the race to replace Elise Stefanik begin, maybe

Churchill: Let the race to replace Elise Stefanik begin, maybe

North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik testifies during a Senate hearing for her pending confirmation on Capitol Hill on Jan. 21, in Washington. She has...

29.03.2025 3

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Churchill: New York's nursing home order was the beginning of Cuomo's end

Churchill: New York's nursing home order was the beginning of Cuomo's end

Howard Zucker, left, then-commissioner of the New York State Department of Health and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo discuss COVID-19 in 2020. ALBANY —...

26.03.2025 3

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Churchill: For coaching legend, a tragic and stunning end

Churchill: For coaching legend, a tragic and stunning end

Former Northville coach Jim Zullo puts a second-place medal on standout senior Hailey Monroe after the team lost to LaFargeville in the state Class D...

24.03.2025 20

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Churchill: A victim speaks out — and asks that voters keep him in mind

Churchill: A victim speaks out — and asks that voters keep him in mind

Common Council candidate Lukee Forbes speaks during a rally outside the Executive Mansion in Albany for Marcy Correctional Facility inmate Robert L....

19.03.2025 3

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Churchill: Arresting Mahmoud Khalil is anti-American

Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student, is facing deportation for espousing what are described, in some quarters, as pro-Hamas...

14.03.2025 4

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Churchill: Let's cool it with the Nazi talk

A demonstrator holds two posters during a rally to protest President Trump on Feb. 17 in Los Angeles. TROY — In a short online video that’s...

10.03.2025 4

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Churchill: Andrew Cuomo is back, same as ever

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the New York City District Council of Carpenters on Sunday while campaigning for mayor of New York City....

08.03.2025 4

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Churchill: Demo of Albany's big eyesore brings an ugly dispute

Albany's Central Warehouse is scheduled for demolition and a battle may be brewing over the awarding of the contract to two Long Island contractors....

06.03.2025 4

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Churchill: Lukee Forbes candidacy tests the limits of forgiveness

Lukee Forbes speaks during a press conference to highlight National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day outside the Capitol in Albany. Lukee Forbes Lukee...

02.03.2025 4

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Churchill: What the heck is Antonio Delgado thinking?

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado celebrates World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 5 by reading “Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball,” to fifth...

01.03.2025 10

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Churchill: Albany? Let's just call it McCoyville

Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy delivers his State of the County on Feb. 18 during a presentation at the former College of Saint Rose campus...

24.02.2025 5

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Churchill: The outsider who wants to be Albany's mayor

Democrat Dan Cerutti is running for mayor in Albany. He is currently the CEO of healthcare startup Maia Care and has spent years as a tech...

21.02.2025 10

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Churchill: Wine doesn't need to be in grocery stores

Colvin Wine Merchants owner Stefan Kalogridis works in his Albany store in 2023. Columnist Chris Churchill fears allowing supermarkets to sell wine...

17.02.2025 20

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Churchill: A rock fight over the New York State Museum

Gov. Kathy Hochul is interviewed by the Times Union editorial board on Monday at the Hearst Media Center in Colonie. Hochul discussed her want to...

14.02.2025 4

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Churchill: For Albany, this fix is a big — and long overdue — step

Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette M. Moy stands in front of the Eastern Approach to the state Capitol in Albany, which will undergo a...

09.02.2025 20

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Churchill: Mistakes etched in stone should be corrected

Estelle Novick's grave at the Beth El Cemetery in Troy misspells her name and gives incorrect dates for her birth and death. Estelle Novick, who died...

07.02.2025 3

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Churchill: New York Democrats say democracy can wait

New York’s Democrats are weighing whether to push back the date of a special election to fill Elise Stefanik’s congressional seat when she leaves...

05.02.2025 30

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Churchill: Here's how Albany should spend that $200 million

An aerial view shows Albany’s so called “parking lot district,” between Hudson Avenue and Liberty Street. Should the city put some of the...

03.02.2025 10

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Churchill: Can anyone knock Steve McLaughlin from his perch?

Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin kicks off his campaign for a third term on Jan. 23 at TurnKey Office Solutions in North Greenbush....

01.02.2025 7

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Churchill: Daughter asks Troy, what happened to her father's ashes?

Jennifer Brunson is seen outside her fire-damaged home on Thursday. She wants to know what happened to her father’s ashes after the Jan. 4 blaze....

26.01.2025 10

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Churchill: Why should Albany trust the state to get this right?

The remains of Six E-Comm Square fills the building’s lot on Broadway on Aug. 6, 2018, in Albany. The building, which was owned by a state...

24.01.2025 10

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Churchill: Amid ambitious plans, a tussle over the State Museum

Renovation plans for the State Museum, pictured, have languished for years, but now Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a $150 million overhaul and taking...

19.01.2025 10

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Churchill: Kathy Hochul comes to Albany's rescue

Aerial view of Albany’s so called “parking lot district,” between Hudson Avenue and Liberty Street is seen on May 9 in Albany. A professional...

15.01.2025 10

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Hochul proposes massive state investment in downtown Albany, State Museum

Interstate 787 runs tight along the Hudson River on Monday in Albany. Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to spend $35 million to study proposals to make over...

14.01.2025 10

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Churchill: A handsome sum for a dump, a blow for Dems, and a ticket for me

The Greyhound bus station in downtown Albany.  A few of you emailed after a recent story noting that Capitalize Albany, the city's economic...

12.01.2025 7

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Churchill: Yes, the Justice Department really did target Andrew Cuomo

A  federal report determined that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seen testifying in September before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus...

10.01.2025 20

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Churchill: Corey Ellis is running for Albany mayor

Albany City Council President Corey Ellis speaks prior to the Filipino Day parade on July 1, 2023, in Washington Park in Albany. Ellis said he’s...

08.01.2025 7

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Churchill: A stadium, a new job for McCoy and other predictions for 2025

Could this be the new stadium for Albany’s soccer team? Wondering what the new year will bring? Here’s a month-by-month breakdown of what we can...

02.01.2025 7

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David Soares says he’s at peace with saying goodbye

Albany County District Attorney David Soares speaks at a recent news conference. Soares is leaving office on Wednesday and says he’s looking...

29.12.2024 3

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Churchill: At Albany airport, it's stall, delay ... and wait for McCoy?

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy speaks at Beverwyck Park in Albany in September. When the scheme fell apart, the Albany County Airport Authority...

23.12.2024 4

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Churchill: Library vote suggests even Bethlehem voters feel squeezed

Signs protesting a public referendum on the Bethlehem Public Library expansion and renovation are seen at houses next door to the library on Dec. 2...

21.12.2024 10

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Churchill: Albany's new cameras are taxing commuters (and they deserve it)

ALBANY — Now and again, somebody in Albany will float instituting a commuter tax, which is a terrible idea. The city needs more commuters and...

15.12.2024 6

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Churchill: Ms. Hochul goes to grocery store

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to the media Tuesday after shopping with Sally McKenna to highlight her State of State Affordability Agenda at the Market...

13.12.2024 20

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Churchill: Familiar new police chief confronts a more violent Albany

Police Chief Brendan Cox speaks after being sworn in Dec. 2 by Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Cox previously served as police chief from July 2015 to...

11.12.2024 4

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Churchill: Who will be Albany's next mayor?

Albany Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs is the early front-runner in the race to replace Kathy Sheehan as mayor of Albany. Albany Chief City...

09.12.2024 20

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Churchill: For Amanda King's father, discovery was the ending he feared

Arthur King sits with a photo of his oldest daughter, Amanda King, who went missing in October 2013. Amanda King was reported missing in Glenville...

05.12.2024 6

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Churchill: The David Soares era is coming to an end

Since his first election 20 years ago, Albany County District Attorney David Soares has been outspoken about criminal justice matters. Defeated in...

30.11.2024 7

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Churchill: To confront neighborhood's darkness, she built a Beacon

The Beacon sits at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 116th Street in Lansingburgh, near where Vanessa and Alina Milligan were killed in 2014....

29.11.2024 6

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Churchill: The governor gave Mike Lawler an early Christmas present

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, who won his reelection bid in November to represent New York’s downstate 17th Congressional District, is now...

26.11.2024 4

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Churchill: Albany is throwing a crummy birthday party

Students from Christian Brothers Academy march through Washington Park during the Albany tricentennial parade in 1924. It's a downer when everybody...

23.11.2024 3

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Churchill: Requiem for another piece of lost Albany

Fire damage was visible Wednesday morning from the rear of the Elijah Missionary Baptist Church at 74 Second Ave. in Albany.  Standing on Second...

21.11.2024 6

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Churchill: When a neighborhood disappeared, Albany paid the price

Empire State Plaza bustled (not really) on a recent weekday morning.  If you want to understand New York's capital city and its continuing...

16.11.2024 4

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Churchill: By sticking with Trump, Elise Stefanik wins in the end

North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, shown during a January appearance on the "Meet the Press," has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be...

13.11.2024 6

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Churchill: It's reckoning time for Hochul and New York Democrats

Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump shake hands at the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner at the New York on October 17. Let's break away from the...

09.11.2024 10

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Churchill: The reason Trump won isn't as complicated as it may seem

Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum on Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C. ...

07.11.2024 20

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Churchill: Killing of Peanut shows state's warped priorities

A view of the Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer. The dump has been blamed for putrid odors blowing into a neighboring school, but the state Department of...

06.11.2024 20

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Why did the DEC take Peanut the Squirrel? Where is he now?

Officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut the Squirrel during a raid Wednesday.  Mark Longo first...

01.11.2024 5

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Churchill: In Bethlehem, yet another vote follows the big one

As Election Day looms, Bethlehem would seem to have a higher density of political yard signs than any community in the region. Judging by...

26.10.2024 4

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