ALBANY N.Y.  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been accused of forcible touching in connection to a sex crime investigation, according to Albany City Court records. The incident occurred on December 7, 2020, at the governor’s mansion, the court records say. The charge Cuomo faces is a misdemeanor, according to the court documents. Albany City Court […]

WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden tried to reassure Americans on Wednesday that he can tame high inflation, announcing a deal to expand operations at the Port of Los Angeles as prices keep climbing and container ships wait to dock in a traffic jam threatening the U.S. economy and holiday shopping. Prices are jumping in large […]

NEW YORK (AP) Ferocious tantrums. Family gossip. Petty nicknames. Stephanie Grisham, once a White House press secretary and chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump, is out with a book next week that paints a deeply unflattering picture of Donald Trump – a man with a “terrifying” temper who ogled a young aide and […]

By Marina VilleneuveAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  New York state has stopped paying legal bills for state employees who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he faced ongoing investigations on the state and federal level. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s spokesperson Haley Viccaro said Wednesday that the state stopped paying for those aides’ legal bills after […]

By Marina VilleneuveAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Republicans and Democrats on an independent commission tasked with drawing new political maps instead drew criticism Wednesday when they failed to agree on what they should look like and released competing versions. The state's loss of a congressional seat based on the most recent census date – from […]

By Bobby Caina CalvanAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP)  For nearly six years, Andrea Haberman’s ashen and damaged wallet lay mostly untouched in a drawer at her parents’ Wisconsin home, along with a partly melted cell phone, her driver’s license, credit cards, checkbook and house keys. Flecks of rust had formed on the rims of her […]

Mass resignations. Reduced beds. Patients with no place to go. New Yorkers will be contending with a crisis come Sept. 27 when the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers takes effect, according to a letter from officials representing 10 Rochester-area counties. 13WHAM has obtained a letter signed by leaders of Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, […]

By Marina VilleneuveAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Delivering another blow to what’s left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy, New York’s new governor acknowledged on her first day in office that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public. “The public deserves a clear, honest picture of what’s […]

Rochester, N.Y. — The Assembly Judiciary Committee is not moving forward with its investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Speaker Carl Heastie said while there is “credible” evidence supporting allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, the state constitution does not authorize the legislature to impeach and remove an elected official who is no longer in office. […]

By Marina VilleneuveAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York’s legislative leaders signaled Wednesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo could swiftly face an impeachment trial if he doesn’t resign, while a growing number of prosecutors also eyed investigative findings that he sexually harassed at least 11 women. Cuomo denied that he made any inappropriate sexual advances and […]