Lawmakers in New York are split on how to deliver Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed ‘inflation refund’ checks that could send ...

CORRECTION: Gov. Kathy Hochul has sought to change standards for involuntary mental health treatment via the state budget in ...

The sad reality is that in schools across New York, children are dealing with food insecurity and inequity among their ...

Groups that support survivors of domestic and sexual violence are asking lawmakers to approve controversial changes to the ...

Some 280,000 New Yorkers use the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. A fraction have been able to sign up with the ...

While crime remains rare in the New York City subway, a surge in unpredictable attacks, not motivated by theft, signals a ...

One of the arguments Republicans have made against the state’s electric school bus mandate has been the cost to area school districts. A top Democrat in the state Senate wants to address that ...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she supports a new plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban cell phones, bell-to-bell in schools.

Many of the reversals EPA Administrator Zeldin announced yesterday would have direct consequences for the eastern Long Island ...

This week in the Villages, we take a closer look at a $4.5 million grant Nyack received to revitalize its gateway, downtown and waterfront.

Western New York students had a chance to weigh in on a proposed statewide “bell to bell” cellphone ban in schools.

The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s — but ...