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The percentage of people testing positive for the coronavirus in New York on Thursday was 0.65%, a new low since the pandemic began. Almost every regi...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been railing regularly at bars and restaurants in New York that have been ignoring rules meant to ensure a safe r...

ITHACA — New York agriculture has the capacity to mitigate its own greenhouse gas emissions, two Cornell researchers say in a state-funded report comm...

Allegany County health officials reported one new case of COVID-19 on Frifday, a day after three new cases were reported. The county’s total count of ...

ALBANY — Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus in New York fell to 490 on Thursday, the first time they’ve been below 500 in months. It’s the lowest...

ALBANY — New York’s never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store ow...

ALBANY — Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus in New York dropped on Wednesday after several consecutive days of increases. Hospitalizations fell 3...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday that two states — Alaska and Delaware — again meet the metrics for requiring individuals who have traveled to New Yo...

ALBANY (TNS) — With the level of shootings soaring across New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday said he will send a letter to 500 police agencies r...

NEW YORK (TNS ) — The state will step in to close individual schools in New York if the coronavirus begins to spread in a building, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gyms in New York can reopen as soon as Aug. 24, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Gyms are among the last businesses Cuomo has allowed t...

ELLICOTTVILLE — When the developer of the proposed Amazon facility on Grand Island pulled out of the project earlier this week, Cattaraugus County dev...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its 137th confirmed case of COVID-19 on Friday, while Allegany County had no new reported cas...

ALBANY (TNS) — The New York State Labor Department says it thwarted $1 billion in fraudulent unemployment payments during the COVID-19 pandemic, stopp...

ALBANY — Bowling alleys across New York will be allowed to open Monday after a five-month shutdown, while the state will issue rules Monday detailing ...

New York has been named the worst state in the U.S. for its economic outlook as New York City is reportedly seeing people “fleeing the city.” The Amer...

ALBANY (TNS ) — The state Education Department is trying to navigate how to open nearly 700 school districts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So too is SUN...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Wednesday that 87,776 COVID-19 tests were reported to New York state Tuesday — a new record high for tests in ...