Dennis Yusko

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Dennis Yusko

Food bank and religious leaders joined farmers and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Monday in Rensselaer to warn about proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps low-income families purchase groceries. Schumer said congressional Republicans in their recently announced budget are looking to cut $230 billion from SNAP to pay for President Donald Trump's proposed tax cuts.

6 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Dennis Yusko

It’s a new day for the Catholic Church as New Yorkers on Thursday celebrated the election of the first American to the papacy. In an interviews across upstate Thursday afternoon, the resounding election of Cardinal Robert Prevost won praise from parishoners and religious leaders, who called Prevost's unlikely rise to the top of the more than 2,000-year-old Catholic Church a source of great pride.

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Dennis Yusko

SCHODACK -- A Rensselaer County couple were indicted on federal child pornography charges, according to State Police. James K. Brown, 30, and his 25-year-old girlfriend, Kayla Morey, were arrested Friday and handed over to the custody of the United States Marshals, State Police in Schodack said.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Dennis Yusko

A recent decision by the United States to revoke all visas for South Sudanese citizens is raising concerns in Syracuse, which has a large community of people from South Sudan, including Chol Majok, who is running for mayor as the first refugee elected to the Syracuse City Council.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Dennis Yusko

A mother and her three children are returning to the Sackets Harbor area in Jefferson County after ICE removed them from their home during a raid last month and held them in Karnes County Detention Facility in Texas, Assemblyman Scott Gray and the kids' school superintendent said Monday.