Casey Seiler
@caseyseiler.bsky.social
Editor of the Times Union. Ever-vigilant in maintaining the grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos. I get to work with some of the finest journalists in the state. Support robust local journalism and send tips to [email protected]
Noted: A loophole allows these officials to retire and dodge out of the obligation to participate in any investigation of their actions, while holding onto their pension benefits and their police certification credentials.
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
3rd NY State Police official seeks retirement amid Ryder Cup probe
A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Noted: A loophole allows these officials to retire and dodge out of the obligation to participate in any investigation of their actions, while holding onto their pension benefits and their police certification credentials.
From the Times Union editorial board: Tuesday marks a year since Robert Brooks was beaten to death by a gang of correction officers who lied in a failed attempt to cover up their crimes. What happened to the sense of urgency to enact changes to the state's prison system ASAP?
Editorial: A year after Brooks' killing, reforms deferred
A year after the murder of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, a pile of bills designed to make prisons safer and corrections officials more accountable awaits the governor's signature.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From the Times Union editorial board: Tuesday marks a year since Robert Brooks was beaten to death by a gang of correction officers who lied in a failed attempt to cover up their crimes. What happened to the sense of urgency to enact changes to the state's prison system ASAP?
Blakeman is a close Trump ally, while erstwhile self-proclaimed "ultra-MAGA" Stefanik has been ticked off at the administration and basically everyone in GOP leadership since the president scuttled her UN nomination.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Blakeman is a close Trump ally, while erstwhile self-proclaimed "ultra-MAGA" Stefanik has been ticked off at the administration and basically everyone in GOP leadership since the president scuttled her UN nomination.
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“Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley — Times Union
ULSTER — On the grounds of a shuttered high school just outside Kingston, a California energy company hopes to build a facility that could help New York meet its renewable power goals. First, it must ...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
3rd NY State Police official seeks retirement amid Ryder Cup probe
A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
“It’s heartbreaking to see the grief and betrayal that they feel,” said Anderson Ponzer, whose organization represents 100 to 150 Afghan immigrants. “It’s hard to underestimate the level of terror they are feeling.”
Afghan family's call to ICE check-in highlights fear caused by immigration crackdown
Supporters waited outside the Malta facility for hours on Monday morning, hoping they would reemerge.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“It’s heartbreaking to see the grief and betrayal that they feel,” said Anderson Ponzer, whose organization represents 100 to 150 Afghan immigrants. “It’s hard to underestimate the level of terror they are feeling.”
I’m not sure I want to be governed even in part by a Congress that “works” for the likes of Nancy Mace. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I’m not sure I want to be governed even in part by a Congress that “works” for the likes of Nancy Mace. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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The best time to quit Spotify was several years ago, but the second best time is today.
Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform
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King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The best time to quit Spotify was several years ago, but the second best time is today.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
Hochul celebrates EUV center 'topping off' at Albany NanoTech
Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
Scoop from @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social: Two weeks before the Adirondack Park Agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings — an adjudicatory hearing on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons — its lead attorney announced he is leaving. Gwendolyn Craig reports.
Adirondack Park Agency’s top lawyer resigns - Adirondack Explorer
Two weeks before the agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons, the lead attorney for the Adirondack Park Agency announced he i...
www.adirondackexplorer.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Scoop from @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social: Two weeks before the Adirondack Park Agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings — an adjudicatory hearing on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons — its lead attorney announced he is leaving. Gwendolyn Craig reports.
Don't talk with your hands
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Don't talk with your hands
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Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
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FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
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Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
Albany teen with special immigrant protections caught in ICE ‘collateral arrest’
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
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"He came to the United States after experiencing horrific abuse and neglect, and he trusted that the government would follow its own rules and protect him. Instead, he’s been separated from his community and thrown in a jail cell."
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Albany teen with special immigrant protections caught in ICE ‘collateral arrest’
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
www.timesunion.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"He came to the United States after experiencing horrific abuse and neglect, and he trusted that the government would follow its own rules and protect him. Instead, he’s been separated from his community and thrown in a jail cell."
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Someone have Cotton do a commentary track for “Titanic.”
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Someone have Cotton do a commentary track for “Titanic.”
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It was a tough end for Saratoga in the Class AA state final. James Allen will have plenty more on the game, but you can relive our running commentary at the link below.
Saratoga Springs football falls 41-12 to CBA Syracuse in Class AA state final
Section 2's Saratoga Springs fell 41-12 to Section 3's CBA Syracuse for the Class AA football state championship at JMA Wireless Dome.
www.timesunion.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It was a tough end for Saratoga in the Class AA state final. James Allen will have plenty more on the game, but you can relive our running commentary at the link below.
Emilie Munson reports.
The upstate New York's largest immigration raid since President Trump returned to office was on Sept. 4. That was just the beginning. Lawsuits and long fights for freedom are underway.
Fear, scrutiny linger months after upstate NY ICE raid
The upstate New York's largest immigration raid since President Trump returned to office was on Sept. 4. That was just the beginning. Lawsuits and long fights for freedom are underway.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Emilie Munson reports.
City Buildings Director Richard LaJoy said the owner of 241 Western Ave. had been referred for prosecution in 2021 — but city lawyers did not act. Patrick Tine reports — and by the way: He’s the TU’s new Albany County beat reporter, so proceed with caution. www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Official: Building in fatal fire did not have occupancy permit
City Buildings Director Richard LaJoy said owner of 241 Western Ave. had been referred for prosecution in 2021 but city lawyers did not act.
www.timesunion.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
City Buildings Director Richard LaJoy said the owner of 241 Western Ave. had been referred for prosecution in 2021 — but city lawyers did not act. Patrick Tine reports — and by the way: He’s the TU’s new Albany County beat reporter, so proceed with caution. www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
News that the original Han-shoots-first cut of "Star Wars" will be back in theaters in 2027 presents me with yet another opportunity to share out Fred LeBrun's peerless remembrance of sitting in the screening room during the '77 press junket thinking, "What is this shit?"
'What is this (expletive)?: Fred LeBrun recalls '77 'Star Wars' press junket
Times Union columnist Fred LeBrun wrote this 2005 remembrance of his experience on the...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
News that the original Han-shoots-first cut of "Star Wars" will be back in theaters in 2027 presents me with yet another opportunity to share out Fred LeBrun's peerless remembrance of sitting in the screening room during the '77 press junket thinking, "What is this shit?"
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This...should have been two separate emails.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This...should have been two separate emails.
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“journalist”
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“journalist”
MLK Day? Juneteenth? You're fired (as days in which U.S. citizens and permanent residents get free admission to national parks)! Donald Trump's birthday, aka the joyous observance known as Flag Day? You're hired! Also: Non-residents will be paying out the schnozz to visit a dozen popular parks.
For free days at National Parks, Juneteenth is out and Trump's birthday is in
The King holiday had been a free day in the parks system for more than a decade, while Juneteenth was added in 2024.
www.timesunion.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
MLK Day? Juneteenth? You're fired (as days in which U.S. citizens and permanent residents get free admission to national parks)! Donald Trump's birthday, aka the joyous observance known as Flag Day? You're hired! Also: Non-residents will be paying out the schnozz to visit a dozen popular parks.