All Over Albany

Hubbard and Dolan push for tax credit for contributions to private schools, cats rescued from hoarding situation after fire, Paladino won't run but wants Trump, Delmar grad advances on The Voice

Outgoing Bishop Howard Hubbard says state tax credits could have saved 14 Catholic schools that have closed or been merged in the Albany diocese recently. Hubbard and his successor, Bishop-elect Edward Scharfenberger along with Cardinal Dolan are reaching out to legislators and union leaders to approve a plan where individuals and businesses that donate to public and private schools would be able to claim tax credits. [TU][WNYT][TWCN]

Bishop Hubbard will be honored for his 36 years of service as Bishop of Albany today in the New York legislature. [News 10]

A Princetown Judge who was elected in November has been issued to appear in town court where he presides, for allegedly firing shotgun blasts at deer near his home, and resisting arrest.[TU][Gazette]

Carl Paladino says he won't run for governor, but will instead lead the charge to draft Donald Trump -- who also says he's not running. [Buffalo News]

Six of the estimated 21 cats living in a Troy home that caught fire on Monday have been found and taken to a shelter -- the rest were let out by the homeowner. The home was destroyed by fire caused when water dripping through holes in the roof hit electrical wiring, but the home was described by neighbors as filled with cat feces and clutter, and was believed to be in poor condition before the fire. [Record][TU][TWCN]

An alleged witness to a Schenectady shooting says the man who went to jail for the crime was nowhere in the area of the shooting and that a drug dealer has confessed to the crime.[TU]

An Idaho man was found guilty on Tuesday of trying to murder an Albany relative last year.[TU]

A Ballston Spa man will spend 20 years in prison for having sexual contact with an 11 -year old girl and sending explicit photos of himself to a girl under 16.[TU]

Police arrested a pair of Vermont residents late Monday night when they pulled them over on a cell hone violation and found them with heroin, crack a spoon with heroin residue and hypodermic needles. [TU]

Police arrested 13 drivers in Albany County during a DWI crackdown last week. [TU]

Police in Watervliet arrested a man early on Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a woman in the chest over beer money.[WNYT]

A burglar got stuck in a snowbank while trying to flea the scene of a break-in in Fort Edward on Saturday. [Post Star]

Albany is reconsidering its policies on alcohol at outdoor events. [WNYT]

A local bar owner known around town as Moose has been elected the new mayor of Ravena. [TU]

More than 666,000 people have enrolled in the state's health insurance exchange so far, with the March 31 deadline looming. [TU]

Saratoga County's newly approved economic development plan calls for a local development Corporation with a budget of $500,000 a year. The Board severed ties with the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation last year, after 35 years. [Saratogian][TU]

The Niskayuna Central School district may owe as much as $1.9 million in building aid it was allegedly overpaid by the state. [Gazette]

Advocates for the failed New York Dream Act, allowing access to state financial aid to students in the country illegally, plan to lobby to include the act in this month's budget agreement. [TU]

The SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee has voted to close the Ark Community Charter School in Troy at the end of this school year. The board says the school failed to reach student achievement levels.
[News 10]

Stillwater officials are hoping to re-open Brown's Beach on Saratoga Lake by mid July.

A Southwest jet that landed nose first at La Guardia last July was towed up the Hudson and is being pulled apart this week by an Albany scrapyard.

A website to connect people who need kidneys with prospective donors is expanding to Albany.[TU]

Shaker Road elementary students roar against bullying.

Delmar High School graduate Dani Moz is moving up on The Voice.[TU]