Greg Floyd

3 days ago | cbs6albany.com | Greg Floyd

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — If President Donald Trump has his way - you could soon be paying a lot less for prescription drugs. The President Monday signed a sweeping executive order that sets a 30 day deadline for drug makers to lower their prices substantially. The U.S. Health Department if being tasked with working with the drug companies to come up with new prices. Trump says he wants people in the U.S. to be paying about the same price as people in most other countries where drug costs are much lower.

2 weeks ago | cbs6albany.com | Greg Floyd

As you pay your monthly bills, we've got a few you missed -- you're paying the legal bills for former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Accused of sexual harassment and other transgressions, Cuomo is using you to fund his defenses on several fronts. And there's very little you or the state can do about it.

3 weeks ago | cbs6albany.com | Greg Floyd

23 days and counting – that’s how late the NYS budget is as of Wednesday. Lawmakers will be back in the Senate and Assembly chambers Thursday, and at that time they will likely pass another budget extender to keep the state government running. There has been talk this week that a final budget deal is close, but still nothing official. Democratic Senator Jeremy Cooney of Rochester, who chairs the Transportation Committee says,We've got to build out our infrastructure.

3 weeks ago | cbs6albany.com | Greg Floyd

It's that time of year, when our attention turns to the outdoors -- when people lace up their sneakers and get outside to walk. So here's an idea -- how about walking for a great cause? We are just about a month away from a classic Capital Region Walk -- the Breakthrough T1D walk in Clifton Park. Breakthrough T1D is the leading Type 1 Diabetes research and advocacy organization in the world. It used to be called the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -- JDRF.

4 weeks ago | cbs6albany.com | Greg Floyd

New York State lawmakers return to Albany Thursday -- at which time they will either pass a budget extender or start voting on budget bills if a deal is somehow reached by then. We are being told they have a deal on one of the sticking points -- discovery reform. The budget is now more than two weeks late. There's been a call for legislation to freeze the Governor's salary when the budget is late.