social issues

SALAMANCA — Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc. announces the combination of four significant grant awards will be used to launch a comprehensive proje...

OLEAN — Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc. has introduced Wellbeing+, a free app designed to support health and wellness in Cattaraugus, Allegany ...

Following a proposed $360 million cut in federal funds to New York’s health and human services programs announced Wednesday by the Trump administratio...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said New York needs to do more to support victims of human trafficking, prevent exploitation of women and minors and bring...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health plans a series of focus group discussions as part of its ongoing Community Health Assessment (CHA)....

ST. BONAVENTURE — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, will dis...

EMPORIUM, Pa. — Former Cameron County school teacher and wrestling coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child po...

Person Centered Services and six other care coordination organizations (CCO) are the only entities that address the comprehensive care needs of people...

Local unemployment rose in January, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to state labor officials. The state Department of ...

ALBANY — A lawsuit against New York alleging sexual abuse decades ago was tossed out by the state's top court Tuesday because it lacked specific infor...

Spurred by advocacy, President Ronald Reagan declared March to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987. The deinstitutionalization movem...

Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE) is set to shut down 47 Social Security Administrationfield offices nationwide — and three in New ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As the cost of food continues to rise, 53% of New Yorkers have taken on additional debt in the past 12 months as they struggle to fee...

State Sen. George Borrello called the governor's executive order banning more than 2,000 fired prison guards from being hired for other state jobs "no...

The Allegany County Sheriff's Office stands with the men and women of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). ...

WELLSVILLE — The Arc Allegany-Steuben invites the public to view its 2025 Arc Art exhibit at the Wellsville Creative Arts Center, 124 N. Main St. Arc ...

CANANDAIGUA — Seven people accused of killing a 24-year-old man in Upstate New York subjected the victim to weeks of torture that included sexual assa...

On Tuesday, 12 of us met in front of U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy's office in Olean for a peaceful protest against his support of the Trump administratio...