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Two weeks after his emergency powers regarding the coronavirus pandemic ended, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a first-in-the-nation gun violenc...

New York’s coronavirus positivity rate has ticked up slightly over the past few weeks, health officials reported Monday amid heightened concern about ...

SALAMANCA — With a newly-paved Broad Street as a backdrop on Tuesday, state lawmakers announced new infrastructure funding for Cattaraugus and Allegan...

The Upper Darby School District is poised to receive an additional $4.8 million from Pennsylvania this coming school year, a big boost for the Delawar...

The Republican Party has a problem with political violence: It's not sure whether it's for it or against it. In the first days after a mob loyal to fo...

ALBANY (TNS) — Several mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in New York will close starting this week in the first phase of what the state describes as a “...

Carl Taber knelt down at the edge of a field on his 500-acre farm, took a wrench to his planting machine, and did something he had done only a few tim...

WASHINGTON — Liberals have cheered the highly public legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association, seeing the gun lobby’s pot...

The Empire State is on the cusp of easing the majority of remaining COVID restrictions, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday. The governor said New Yorkers can...

People living in congregate settings like state prisons or group homes have endured the COVID-19 year with fewer resources and greater risks. The clos...

From dogging draft dodgers to reviving the area’s cutlery industry, from debating tax breaks for industries to a record day for area track and field s...

TAPPAN — State Sen. George Borrello, a business owner and former Chautauqua County executive, has been honored by the Conservative Party of New York S...

ALBANY — Taxpayers are set to foot the bill for a $2.5 million contract for lawyers representing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office in an ongoing federal inve...

Making a New York farm to food bank program, born out of necessity last year because of the pandemic, a permanent part of the food safety net in the s...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Businesses in New York must pay their workers if they take days off to recover from the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, Gov. Andre...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is walking back a mask mandate for kids at summer camps and daycares following outrage from parents and local officials. The s...

One of the lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic is that the way to stop the spread of a disease is to keep sick people away from healthy ones...

WANTAGH (TNS) — If current COVID-19 trends hold, there’s no reason every school in New York can’t be fully open in September, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said M...