Austin C. Jefferson

Before becoming Albany Bureau Chief in late 2025, Austin C. Jefferson was a state politics reporter for City & State NY, covering state government, elections and major legislative debates. His reporting has also appeared in the Daily Freeman, Chronogram Magazine and The Legislative Gazette. Having grown up in the Hudson Valley, he’s always happy to argue about where Upstate New York truly begins.

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Upstate Transit Agencies are Starving As State Slows Funding

Advocates are hoping for better luck next year as local transit authorities warn of service reductions, and the funding ask may have an ingenious solution.

Austin C. Jefferson

November 20, 2025

Buses

Gov. Hochul Vague on Free Bus Plans As Her Open Budget Salvo Nears

Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.

Austin C. Jefferson

November 18, 2025

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