I was just talking on WHCU with Dave Vieser, and mentioned some web sites looking at upstate New York. I wasn't on long enough to identify them by name, but two that I strongly recommend, and which link to more excellent sites, are NYCO's Blog and York Staters.
Posted by simon at February 11, 2006 7:26 AM in WHCU
For some more NY blogs, mostly those with political content, please check out:
http://ny.lp.org/online/blogwatch.htm
It's updated a few times a day, so check back often!