Mayor Gary McCarthy swears in Assistant Fire Chief Dave Massaro while his children, Ayla and Jake, look on during Thursday’s ...

New Schenectady Fire Chief George Burns took the reigns of the department on Thursday, with the department stalwart vowing to ...

SCHENECTADY — Thirty-year Schenectady Fire Department veteran George Burns has been selected to serve as the city’s new fire chief, succeeding former chief Donald Mareno.