New York

ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers last month returned to a Capitol in which restrictions in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were at las...

A bottle bill expansion makes sense, but our waste crisis is bigger than that. New Yorkers are keen on proposals to expand the state’s Returnable Cont...

ALBANY (TNS) — There’s a push in New York and across the country to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers who receive tips as part of their co...

ALBANY (TNS) — Inspired by the amazing success of George Santos, a good friend of mine, I am announcing today that I will run for Congress. Let me be ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $227 billion state budget, her first as the elected leader of the state, takes big swings at affordable housing, public s...

NEW YORK (TNS) — “We expect the first 20 dispensaries to be open by the end of this year. And then every month or so, another 20,” Gov. Hochul boasted...

Protecting children from the overuse of last-resort behavioral interventions starts with collecting better data. For educators and other school staffe...

Good for Gov. Kathy Hochul for pushing at least one significant step toward fixing the state’s disastrous bail reforms — yet there’s a ton more to fix...

TROY (TNS) — As a state lawmaker, Steve McLaughlin made his name as a loud and strident critic of Andrew Cuomo, a governor who had never been known fo...

Gov. Hochul’s veto of the Grieving Families Act on Monday night should not be taken as the end of the long-running effort to correct how state law tre...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul is more popular than ever, according to a Siena poll released late last month. What? How can that be? Wasn’t the gove...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pick to be New York’s chief judge sits in limbo a week after the Senate’s judiciary committee voted not to report his nomination t...

Over the past several months, the Western New York community has been reeling with losses and tragedies, each one reminding us how fragile life is. Bu...

ALBANY (TNS) — I have a confession to make. We have a gas stove. I hope that revelation doesn’t cause you to grimace in disgust, throw your newspaper/...

It’s an old aphorism that if you tax something, you get less of it. Seven states are at risk of finding out exactly how that truism applies to wealth ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As much as I’ve enjoyed my career in journalism, and the perks that have gone along with it, like playing basketball with Barack Obam...

Sunday was the 30th and final day for the state Senate to either confirm or reject Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nomination of Hector LaSalle to be the chief ju...

ALBANY (TNS) — The first step toward fixing a problem involves acknowledging it and talking about it openly. So we should be glad that Gov. Kathy Hoch...