Albany police are warning residents about a potential phone scam.

They say one elderly city resident was recently targeted.

He told police a man called him, claiming to be his grandson.

He said he was working for the Red Cross in Haiti and needed money.

Police say the resident became suspicious and alerted police.

Officers remind residents, to never give out personal information to a stranger over the phone.

Be aware of high pressure techniques.

And if an offer seems too good to be true, it most likely is.

TROY - In Troy, police have just announced the arrest of a man suspected of setting a weekend fire that left 17 people homeless.

Police say 19-year-old Craig Stott deliberately set fire to his apartment building on River Street Saturday afternoon.

Stott is expected to be arraigned on arson and reckless endangerment charges on Wednesday.

Many of the 17 people left homeless by the fire were children.

ALBANY - Whether it's a coalition of progressive organizations demanding legislators close corporate tax loopholes: "many of these Fortune 500 companies who are making billions and record profits are paying little or nothing in state income taxes," said Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers For Fiscal Fairness. "At the federal level, many of them are getting big rebates."

Or Occupy Albany demonstrators trying to peddle 3-quarters of a cupcake to represent gender pay inequity between men and women.

Or President Obama, stumping for the Buffett rule, taxing the super rich at as least as high a percentage as a billionaire's secretary is required to pay.