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ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul hammered an “affordability” theme in the leadup to Tuesday’s 2025 State of the State address. But her campaign, dubbed “Mon...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to mail $500 checks to millions of households has a problem: the sales tax “surplus” she wants to dish out doesn’t exist. Hoc...

A little-noticed provision in lawmakers’ budget proposals would also be the most costly: their change to state retirement rules would slam New York ta...

A state Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation weakening the ability of local government and school officials to discipline workers by ext...