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New York’s two Democratic U.S. senators, the governor — even Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Reed — fired back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s su...

SYRACUSE (TNS ) — If you’re among the growing ranks of people who have lost their job because of the coronaviru s pandemic, there’s good news and bad ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he only plans to take 20% of unused ventilators from statewide hospitals, suggesting that could br...

NEW YORK — New York is poised to get over 1,100 ventilators from China and Oregon as it scrambles to line up more breathing machines for the sickest c...

ALBANY (TNS) — If you know anything about the coronavirus pandemic in New York, you know the state desperately needs ventilators. As Andrew Cuomo says...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut,...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump has declared New York a major disaster area due to the coronavirus pandemic, a move that opens the door to b...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The Trump administration can withhold millions in crimefighting grants from New York and other states to force cooperation with immig...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — A Trump administration decision to bar New Yorkers from enrolling in “trusted traveler” programs will immediately affect 80,000 sta...

It was typical Republican rhetoric in the Dec. 26 article on New York state’s budget deficit: “a self-inflicted wound on a bloated and corrupt system....

Toddlers and young children like to explore the world around them, touching, smelling and tasting whatever they contact. I remember as a child that wh...

JAMESTOWN — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was at Jamestown Community College Monday to announce her legislation that would prioritize federal investmen...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sounding like the presidential candidate he insists he is not, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unleashed an energetic attack against Presid...

OLEAN — Approximately 50 people turned out to the John J. Ash Community Center Saturday to talk to Tracy Mitrano — and they had a lot on their mind. F...

(TNS) When it became law 150 years ago in July 1868, the 14th Amendment was as controversial as it was transformative. Over night, the amendment turne...

ALBANY (AP) — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland are suing the federal government over the Republican-led tax overhaul. The lawsuit was fi...

A proposal from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow parents or teachers to petition a judge to remove guns from the homes of troubled students is adva...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joined with his fellows in Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island to create a coalition of like-minded states on gun control, ...