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SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York state is now allowing people who identify as a non-binary to list their gender as “X” on vital documents. The New York Depar...

ALBANY (TNS) — A new, highly contagious COVID-19 strain is circulating in New York, resulting in a rise in hospitalizations from a virus that has cont...

ALBANY (TNS) — Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that all New Yorkers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Crime and cost of living remain top concerns for New Yorkers, who also feel Gov. Hochul fell short of accomplishing several goals set e...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is falling behind the rest of the country when it comes to combating poverty. A new report on poverty trends in the state over...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has begun to sign or veto hundreds of bills she left until after the election, yet two she’s yet to act on are no-brainers: vetoing ...

ALBANY – The New York State Department of Health is reminding New Yorkers that the overuse and misuse of antibiotics are key factors leading to antibi...

New Yorkers carry the fourth-highest household debt in the country and their average debt is on the rise, according to a report issued Thursday by the...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health will provide the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters at clinics beginning Saturday. As in the past, ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Checks with an average value of $270 will soon be on their way to 1.75 million New Yorkers through a new program passed earlier this ...

New Yorkers are less satisfied with their lives than they were 15 years ago — so says a Siena College study released on Wednesday. Today, 27% of New Y...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s commissioner urges New Yorkers to practice the utmost safety when building campfires, and co...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello is the co-chair of U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin’s 2022 campaign for governor of New York. Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, is one o...

A holiday-delayed Tax Day arrived earlier this week and with it no refund for 3.9 million New Yorkers who had the double misfortune to lose their jobs...

COLONIE (TNS) — The war in Ukraine will likely hit Americans in the pocketbook for a long time to come, and people are consequently planning to cut ba...

State officials are warning New Yorkers about charity scams and increased cybersecurity threats related to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The w...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants New Yorkers to be aware of potential conflicts between people and coyotes to protect the publ...

BUFFALO — Western New Yorkers will be able to help feed their hungry neighbors while shopping for groceries at area retailers now and into the coming ...