News releases

Albany, NY – The Albany Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center received funding for Non-recurring Maintenance projects in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026.

— The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.

The Albany Stratton VA Medical Center is proud to announce the upcoming opening of a new Veterans Food Pantry at its Westport Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), located in the heart of New York’s rural Adirondack region, Opening December 12, 2025.

The team at the Albany Stratton VA is saddened by the passing of our Public Affairs Officer, Peter Potter on January 5, 2024.

VA Healthcare Eligibility expansions to all Veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards during military service – at home or abroad - to VA Healthcare, including all Veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and any other combat zone after 9/11.

Until 11:59pm local time on September 30, 2023, Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care, and left active duty between September 11, 2001 and October 1, 2013 are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care.

Based on data from an internal risk assessment in response to the current Omicron COVID-19 Variant, new masking guidance at the Stratton Medical Center and its CBOCs was developed to maximize safety and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Virtual Remembrance Ceremony - Stratton VA honors lives lost and American heroism.

DONATION: The Albany Homeless Veteran Program received $13,000 to assist Homeless Veterans in upstate NY.

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