NY State News

State Sen. George Borrello said Gov. Kathy Hochul rightly focused on affordability in her 2026 State of the State address on Tuesday in Albany. He eve...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul used her annual State of the State address Tuesday to unveil a reelection year agenda aimed at bridging divides in...

ALBANY -- Check the junk drawer, the pile of Christmas cards and that one spot behind the couch where things always fall down for gift cards before th...

Citing threats against himself and his staff, U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy announced Sunday night that his Jamestown office will remain closed. “The safe...

Langworthy eager to see Senate solution Amid other signs of division in the Republican Party this week, GOP members in the U.S. House boosted a Democr...

LATHAM — An Air Guard major general, who started as an enlisted airman and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of th...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft commissioner policy to improve access to the outdoors for people with...

ALBANY -- The state reported that two area railroads will be among dozens statewide to receive $101 million in grants for upgrades. On Friday, Gov. Ka...

WELLSVILLE — Although a January thaw is upon us, the Southern Tier likely isn't finished with winter and there is still plenty of plowing and shovelin...

WASHINGTON — In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care su...

The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution Thursday — with votes by five Republicans — that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further...

ALBANY — A judge disqualified a Trump administration federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, r...

NEW YORK — New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul an...

ALBANY — Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a new proposal Wednesday to further restrict so-called “ghost guns” that can be assembled usin...

New waste reduction law requirements in New York state took effect Jan. 1, including a ban on the sale or distribution of polystyrene foam food servic...

WARREN, Pa. — Warren General Hospital will end in-patient labor and delivery services next week, further widening the area in the Northern Tier of Pen...

BUFFALO — The New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nation's 13th president, on Wednesday as the wing's Missio...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has completed a multiyear, international effort to restore and stabilize the endangered sp...