Patrick Tine

2 days ago | timesunion.com | Patrick Tine

ALBANY — State Attorney General Letitia James has released the body camera footage of the shooting death of David Levine, the man who opened fire on state troopers outside their Malta barracks in April. The videos, which were captured by cameras worn by four troopers, show troopers both inside and outside the police station responding after Levine arrived at the barracks armed with what the State Police described as a “hunting-style rifle” and fired several rounds at the building on Route 9.

2 days ago | timesunion.com | Patrick Tine

ALBANY — The University at Albany must reinstate a student after a state appeals court found the university failed to follow its own procedures in an investigation into alleged sexual assaults that led to his suspension. In a unanimous ruling, the Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department found that UAlbany’s Student Conduct Committee erred by not allowing an 18-year-old freshman to cross-examine his accuser after the allegations were raised against him.

2 days ago | timesunion.com | Patrick Tine

TROY — Every family is different, but few are as big or have been separated for as long as the Snyders. A reunion began with a chance encounter last week at the Rensselaer County Troy Senior Center. Walter Snyder, 82, was getting the lay of the land. He had moved back to his hometown this spring after selling the house he and his wife shared in East Greenbush before she died.

4 days ago | timesunion.com | Patrick Tine

The U.S. Navy is planning to rename several ships that were named in honor of civil rights figures including gay rights activist — and University at Albany graduate — Harvey Milk, according to reporting by national media outlets. Citing an unnamed Department of Defense official, Military.com reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered Navy Secretary John Phelan to carry out the renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk, an unarmed support vessel that entered service nearly two years ago.

5 days ago | timesunion.com | Patrick Tine

BETHLEHEM — Some 250 students enrolled in workforce training programs at the Glenmont Job Corps will lose their vocational instruction and, in many cases, their housing after the Department of Labor announced last week that it would wind down the decades-old antipoverty initiative. Center director Tracy Battle said he was first informed of the closure in an email late Thursday afternoon.