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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will push for a package of voting reforms and new legislation to help domestic violence victims this year. He said he’ll pi...

Another 197 people in New York died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest total in one day since early May. The last time more people died in a si...

President Donald Trump has turned a narrow electoral defeat into a bid for infamy. His goal in the post-election interlude has been more and more expl...

ALBANY (TNS) — Schools in areas of New York with over 9% of tests coming back positive for COVID-19 can stay open with extra testing, Gov. Andrew Cuom...

The U.S.- Canada border has been closed to non-essential travel since the coronavirus pandemic began, but some Canadian snowbirds have found a way thr...

ALBANY — A partnered state effort is leveraging new drone technology and magnetic surveillance to spot abandoned oil and gas wells in New York State. ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Constituents of New York’s 22nd Congressional District can expect some changes next week, a result of the still-undecided congression...

LATHAM (AP) — Nine Albany-area nuns have died of causes related to COVID-19 at a convent in just over a month, county officials said. Albany County is...

ALBANY — The Empire State Trail — a 750-mile recreational trail, 75 percent of which will be off-road — has been completed, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomoannounc...

ALBANY (TNS) — Out-of-work New Yorkers don’t have to worry about a lapse in benefits as the state prepares to dole out extended federal unemployment f...

ALBANY — Asymptomatic individuals who are exposed to COVID-19 can now end their quarantine after 10 days in New York under new guidance the governor a...

ALBANY — New York will freeze evictions and certain foreclosures for two months under a bill the governor said Monday he plans to sign. Renters who ar...

ALBANY (TNS) — President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law the $900 billion pandemic relief package that includes $5.8 billion for New York schoo...

New York health officials are working with the state's medical community to increase hospital capacity as the number of residents hospitalized with CO...

NEW YORK (AP) — Police and health officials were probing Saturday whether an Orange County health care provider violated state guidelines in the distr...

Area unemployment rates dropped to pre-COVID-19 numbers in November, according to the state Department of Labor. However, rates remain high across the...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers are mulling legislation that would potentially allow health officials to decide whether coronavirus vaccinations sho...

ALBANY (TNS) — Another 164 people in New York died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest one-day total since May 12, when 166 people died. It was th...