Business Review Of Albany

In a party-line vote, Democrats in the state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday that raises New York’s minimum wage 17 percent next year and automatically every year after that.

Most business lobbies have attack the bill as a “job-killer,” saying it wou…

Home Depot faces $51,480 in fines after its store in Saratoga Springs, New York, was cited by federal regulators for “repeat and serious” workplace violations.

OSHA’s inspection found that the required working space around eight electrical equip…

St. Peter’s in Albany, New York, had revenue in excess of expenses of $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, compared to $6.5 million a year earlier, according to financial statements filed with bondholders.

That reflects only the results…

More than half of New Yorkers say they support legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, according to the latest Siena College Research Institute survey.

But New Yorkers are more divided over issues such as natural gas drilling and legalizing mixed…

As part of the $25 billion settlement negotiated between states and five major banks over abuses in their mortgage and foreclosure processes, the banks agreed to pay states $2.5 billion, money intended to help homeowners and mitigate the effects of the…

The Albany area ranks ninth in the nation for percentage of government jobs according to analysis of figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Out of Albany’s nearly 438,600 nonfarm jobs, 102,700 are classified under government, representing…

State regulators hammered the scandal-ridden New York Racing Association Inc. late Tuesday—making their most serious threat yet to revoke NYRA’s horse-racing franchise.

Effective Tuesday, the state halted payment of the multimillion-dollar proceed…