NY State News

NEW YORK — The dog was Penny. The win was priceless. A Doberman pinscher named Penny won best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog...

State Sen. George Borrello officially announced Tuesday he is seeking re-election to represent the 57th District in the New York State Senate for a fo...

NEW YORK — A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorized scooter, causing a crash that killed t...

ALBANY — The Hochul administration has launched a $48.3 million student loan repayment initiative designed to expand access to care for Medicaid membe...

JAMESTOWN — After 21 days of online voting, the National Comedy Center is currently in the lead for USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice “Best Pop Cult...

ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli detailed the potential effects that federal cuts to certain agricultural programs, higher tariffs and stric...

NEW YORK — It's go time for thousands of America's most dogged competitors. Big or small, sleek or shaggy, imposing or impish, they're all trying for ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes a new law to stop local police officers from acting as federal agents to help ICE in immigration actions, decrying the agen...

EDGEWOOD, N.M. — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint's 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for helping...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to include enabling legislation estab...

LITTLE VALLEY — In Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address Jan. 13, nothing was mentioned about the expired gaming compact between New York sta...

Federal authorities say they are investigating an Upstate New York woman who allegedly wanted to buy firearms to "kill" ICE agents. The Department of ...

UTICA (TNS) — A judge has ordered New York state to pay the legal bills for several former state corrections officers who are being sued for their rol...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The Hudson River Tunnel, one of two major transit projects whose federal funding was halted by the Trump administration last year, is...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York is on track to lose two seats in the House of Representatives after the 2030 census as population growth in several Democrat...

NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — Figures released by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office show 3 million fewer Canadians crossed the border into Upstate New York through t...

An Upstate New York college has auctioned off a portrait of George Washington that inspired his image on the $1 bill. The painting, which belonged to ...

DUNKIRK — The former Dunkirk city treasurer, who served for more than two decades, faces charges of public corruption, grand larceny and falsifying ci...