New York Democrats are wading into the national redistricting wars — just don’t expect a victory before this year’s midterm elections. Democrats in the state Legislature are taking the first steps toward a plan to give themselves more control over redistricting, introducing a proposal Monday that could open the door to a new set of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues. The law, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, also […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world. So, in the back kitchen of Lo Duca […]
via News10NBCThe New York State Department of Public Service has approved a temporary rate increase for RG&E and NYSEG customers while they work on a bigger plan for rates in the future. The average residential RG&E customer will see their bill go up by 2.9% for electric delivery and 1.2% for gas delivery. NYSEG customers […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar has threatened to “ flood the zone ” with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government’s crackdown. New York seems ready to do so anyway. “I don’t take well to threats,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, met with schoolchildren and business titans and socialized with celebrities during a busy swing through New York City on Wednesday — the first visit to the city by a reigning British monarch in 16 years. Charles laid […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for […]
By Anthony IzaguirreAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For months, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to Puerto Rico bellowing chants of “tax the rich.” Now she is pitching a compromise. The moderate Democrat says she will push […]
New Yorkers pay some of the highest auto insurance premiums. Estimates suggest that drivers in New York pay about 65% more for minimum coverage and 15% more for full coverage and it has created significant political pressure to address insurance costs. The issue of uninsured motorists remains a significant concern across the United States. With […]
By Jake OffenhartzAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City Council member and her sister, an aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, accepted bribes or kickbacks in connection with the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider, according to a copy of a search warrant obtained by […]
Senator April N.M. Baskin and Assemblymember Al Stirpe were joined Tuesday by lawmakers, advocates, and stakeholders from across New York to call for the FRESH Communities Act (A8692/S6017) to be included in the final FY2026-27 State Budget. The legislation – formally known as the Food Retail Establishment Subsidization for Healthy Communities Act – has already […]
By Jake OffenhartzAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday unveiled a new office dedicated to community safety, a tentative first step toward fulfilling a key campaign pledge to reduce the role of police in responding to mental health emergencies. Mamdani initially envisioned a $1 billion-per-year agency that would […]
By Grace JiangAlbany Times Union ALBANY — When a fire alarm sounds at 2 a.m. in many rural areas of New York, there is no guarantee anyone will answer. That was the central warning from a coalition of fire officials, including chiefs and commissioners, who gathered with state lawmakers at the Capitol on Wednesday to […]
By Kathleen MooreAlbany Times Union ALBANY — The state university system is on track to stop running a deficit in a decade — and only if it keeps increasing its enrollment by nearly 3% each year, according to its latest financial report. SUNY released the report Sunday. It details which SUNY campuses are now in […]
By Anthony IzaguirreAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republicans are looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the boundaries of the only red congressional seat in New York City from being redrawn, after suffering a bruising loss in state court on Thursday. The attempts to stop U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district from changing are […]
