I really felt like the carpet was ripped out from underneath us,” said one county official. The state still hasn’t fully ...

Governor Kathy Hochul is facing fierce opposition to her overhaul of a popular but pricey home care program that allows ...

New York City officials got an unexpected notice from the state. HEAP, the aid program which helps low-income New Yorkers pay ...

The governor’s announcement appears to expand New York’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — but it’s ...

Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a tax break to reimburse organ donors. The state has failed to implement a 2022 law that ...

Student performance in math and reading is still below pre-pandemic levels, according to new data — but on par with the ...

A $1,700 Bills suite tab was paid with campaign funds, bipartisan support for clean water funding, and New York's top court ...

When Governor Kathy Hochul’s office sent reporters an advance copy of her 2025 policy agenda before her State of the State address on Tuesday, it contained surprisingly few details on what was ...

It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key parts of her agenda. In addition to backtracking on carbon pricing, the ...

New York state’s 2.7 million students may soon have access to free school breakfast and lunch if a proposal by Governor Kathy Hochul makes it through this session’s budget negotiations. “It pains me ...

In her annual State of the State address Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed for the third time altering New York’s 2019 criminal justice reforms. This year, the changes revolve around discovery, ...

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