Governor Kathy Hochul has made it clear she wants schools to be places where kids can learn without being distracted by their ...

Dozens of NY lawmakers could have to leave office or give up their side jobs after a judge upholds the constitutionality of a ...

Fellow Republicans called Tuesday on a Minnesota state senator to resign after police in suburban Bloomington arrested him ...

McIntosh said she covered documents with the substance and put those documents into envelopes disguised as legal mail using ...

Introduced by committee chairman and Sen. Joseph Addabbo, the New York bill “prohibits online sweepstakes games and revenue ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently nominated Amanda Lefton, 39, to be the next commissioner of the New York State Department of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The conflict between the governor's executive order and State Senate Republicans continues. The executive ...

With elder financial fraud costing older New Yorkers over $200 million annually, AARP New York is urging state legislative ...

Gov. Hochul's "bell-to-bell" mobile phone ban in NY schools is facing pushback from the state Senate, which proposes a less ...

Over the past year, the SCFC has spearheaded a community-driven initiative to bolster the county's food system and improve ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — There’s a new push to create a new judicial district in New York State that only covers Monroe County. Two bills are now in committee in the State Senate and State Assembly, sponsored ...

The nonprofit statewide newsroom New York Focus read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.