In another moment, a pro-Palestinian activist blasted the event’s host, U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam: “You’ve got blood on your hands!” They were escorted out of the auditorium.

Congressman Paul Tonko brought together a number of local community members who were federal employees until they were just laid off. “There is no sensibility to these job cuts,” Tonko ...

Dr. Elizabeth Fisher (left) discusses DOGE with Rep. Paul Tonko during a Friday roundtable in Albany. Congressman Paul Tonko spoke with laid-off federal employees during an Albany roundtable ...