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ALBANY (TNS) — The state Board of Regents on Monday voted unanimously to cancel all Regents exams this year except for four federally mandated tests i...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is still finding thousands of new COVID-19 cases per day. The state confirmed another 5,807 new cases on Sunday and reported a...

In a swipe at Gov. Andrew Cuomo releasing a book touting his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, state Sen. George Borrello has introduced leg...

NEW YORK — New York is moving ever closer to legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Or, “adult use” marijuana, as advocates call it. Whatever. Leg...

It’d be fitting if Democrats undertook a radical procedural step to pass a radical piece of legislation. That’s what the left is pressuring Senate Dem...

State Sen. George Borrello on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down “for the good of New York state,” while GOP lawmakers in the Assembly are in...

New York’s Senate leader called Sunday for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign — while the Assembly speaker said the governor should consider it — after two m...

Two more women who worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo have come forward to describe conduct they felt was inappropriate for the workplace. Ana Liss, 35, tol...

New York senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand touted Saturday’s passage of the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bil l, giving Presiden...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio derided legislation passed Friday that was meant to claw back broad executive powers...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration insisted Friday that a quest for scientific accuracy, not political concerns, prompted members of h...

ALBANY — The state Senate has passed legislation establishing the farm-to-food bank program, Nourish NY, as a permanent state program. State Sen. Geor...

ALBANY (TNS) — Hospitalizations in New York due to COVID-19 fell 146 on Wednesday to 5,177. Syracuse.com reported that’s the lowest level of hospitali...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Wednesday he expects to decide “sooner rather than later” on whether to mount a campaign for governor. Reed said Wednesday dur...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello and Republican leaders in Albany say a bill by Democrats to remove the governor’s pandemic emergency powers is any...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is easing its rules for out-of-state travelers who have already received a COVID-19 vaccine. Domestic travelers who have been ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York will receive over 878,000 total doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, its highest-ever weekly allotment. The shipments will in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is easing restrictions on large gatherings and eliminating a quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers, re...