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(TNS) HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and actress Cynthia Nixon engaged in a feisty, heated and often-personal debate Wednesday in which ...

OLEAN — Hoping for a model to use, regional development officials made a trip to Olean on Monday to see the city’s downtown revitalization. The Wester...

OLEAN — A listening session and a garden construction blitz will be the first major efforts by a group aiming to revitalize South Olean. Under the ban...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Old Supervisors Building on Erie Street is about to meet the wrecking ball. The historic building, owned jointly by the town and v...

It is interesting to read the views of anyone who suggests that oppression and injustice are being carried out by “socialist” societies, given the fac...

What do you call a hypocritical legislative body that passes a freedom of information law and then exempts itself from that very law. Why, obviously, ...

Complaining about the government is our national blood sport. Decades of conditioning by cable “news” networks, where Jerry Springer-style squabbling ...

From rallying the community for the war effort to a visit of one of the greats of baseball, from an outcry over school mergers to marking 100 years as...

The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany’s culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — ...

(TNS) Here’s an exquisite potential irony for you: The most bellicose president of modern times negotiates nuclear detente on the Korean Peninsula aft...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's...

ALBANY (AP) — There's a new proposal to overhaul government sexual harassment policies in New York state. The Senate's Republican majority announced t...

Seventeen people were gunned down in a high school Wednesday. That’s twice as many students and teachers killed in a single day as law-enforcement off...

First and foremost, President Trump stands for “America First”. This means putting U.S. interests and values ahead of the interests and values of peop...

ROCHESTER (AP) — A 62-year-old fish store owner has been sentenced to one year in prison for his role in a food stamp fraud operation that bilked the ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains profanity.) U.S. Rep. Tom Reed on Tuesday predicted a short-term deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of...

ALBANY (AP) — In New York state government news, unions are celebrating a big win in the recent defeat of a constitutional convention and Democrats in...

When I read Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s views recently regarding tax reform, I was disappointed to see his negative attitude toward lowering taxes for hardwor...