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Friday Headlines: Track Work Changeup Edition

Weekend Metro-North changes. And more news.
Friday Headlines: Track Work Changeup Edition
These trains are gonna move a little different. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Look alive, day trippers.

The Metro-North’s Hudson Line will have altered service to nd from New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie beginning tomorrow due to track work between Beacon and Poughkeepsie. Some trains that normally begin and end in Poughkeepsie will operate out of Beacon instead.

Labor Day will be the exception to these changes that run until Sept. 13.

Be sure to check train schedules moving forward unless you are faking your death, changing your name and starting over in the Hudson Valley. We get it, it happens.

Elsewhere in the Empire State:

  • Penn Station could have a new name if the Trump Administration gets its way. (Newsday)
  • The cost of responding to climate change and the weather damage it wreaks could skyrocket in the future. (The New York Times)
  • Transportation advocates want New York City Mayor Zohrna Mamdani to issue a fresh Vision Zero report and expand Sammy’s Law. (amNY)
  • Three asshole teens from New Jersey were charged after allegedly throwing eggs at pedestrians. (Mid Hudson News)
  • Kingston Democrats have installed more progressive leadership. (Hudson Valley One)
  • Kingston’s automated school zone enforcement has netted $734,100 in less than two months. (Hudson Valley One)
  • Hunter is seeking $1 million in federal funding for pedestrian safety improvements. (The Overlook News)
  • Troy’s police chief thinks Flock Safety cameras are helpful. (WAMC)
  • Syracuse never posted it’s liscence plate reader policy, and there are plans to change that before a new contractor installs equipment. (Central Current)
  • Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon is blaming his accidental approval of term limits on his office, on his lawyer and calling county Democrats petty. (Syracuse.com)
  • Rochester Mayor Malik Evans is banning late-night gatherings in public places to curb post-club crime. (WXXI)
  • Binghamton city councilors are discussing the end of Flock Safety cameras in their city. (WSKG)
  • The money floodgates are opening in Rochester for revitalization projects. (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)

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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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