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Local state lawmakers thought Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address Tuesday was vague and they differed in their response to her call for bai...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed her commitment to public safety in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday, pledging to expand the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Steve Gouvis touched his partner, Kimberly Hogle, on the shoulder. She had retreated to a bedroom in their Halfmoon residence a few hou...

State Sen. George Borrello took the oath of office Wednesday in the Senate Chamber in Albany, the first day of his new term and just ahead of the star...

ALLEGANY — After Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game, an automated external defibrillator (AED) w...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s gas tax holiday expired on New Year’s Day but motorists may not notice as fuel prices have declined since the tax suspension went ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in the c...

WELLSVILLE — In March, village Mayor Randy Shayler said he was encouraged by the state of the community’s economic development, and since then there h...

ALBANY (TNS) — After enduring heavy criticism for her administration’s decision to spend $637 million on COVID-19 tests from one company — owned by a ...

ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conversation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced on Thursday the adoption of new requirements to r...

ALBANY (TNS) — Finding ways to fix smartphones and other electronic devices will soon be a little easier for New Yorkers. Gov. Hochul signed a slimmed...

NEW YORK — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be on...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A lawsuit charges that New York state is failing its constitutional duty to protect the rights of poor people in court by refusing to...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s selection for chief judge, her first major decision after winning election to a full term, is facing significant he...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A man in Buffalo has sustained severe frostbite but is alive thanks to multiple good Samaritans who rescued him from the cold as the ...

BUFFALO — State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off Buffalo’s snow-choked roads, and officials kept counting fatalities three day...

ALBANY — A handful of familiar fights and recurring themes will be at the heart of the upcoming legislative session as Gov. Hochul enters her first fu...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The Onondaga Nation’s lawyer wants a state appellate court to know “how fundamentally offensive” downtown Syracuse’s Columbus statue ...