Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is the front-runner in the Democratic mayoral primary, announced a plan to increase the city’s ...

ALBANY — The view of the state Capitol’s ... repairs for decades. New York spent $1.9 million on repairs to the Eastern Approach in 1953 — and that was after the plan was downsized.

Two exact replicas were made when his statue was finalized in 1875. One of them still stands prominently at the western end of the state Senate’s lobby in New York’s Capitol building.

WAS THIS THE FIRST BUILDING TO HAVE ELECTRICITY IN ALBANY? THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTRY WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTING. THE NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.