Some lawmakers say the governor is trying to raise her lagging polling numbers ahead of 2026, when she would be up for ...

The BABY benefit is just one of various proposals in Hochul’s budget designed to aid child-rearing New Yorkers, including an ...

Governor Hochul announces the expansion of Suffolk Crime Analysis Center, which now has increased size and staff to help ...

There is one piece of genuinely good news: Hochul wisely has built up the state’s reserves, which now amount to more than $21 billion. Those rightly are put aside for a “rainy day” — a downturn, ...

The Home Energy Assistance Program, a federally funded program designed to help low-income people heat and cool their homes ...

New York families could see a financial boost with changes to the Child Tax Credit, promising relief for households across ...

As momentum grows for allowing wine sales in New York grocery stores, Gov. Kathy Hochul excluded the proposal from her budget ...

The New York legislature approved a bill to safeguard health data collected via apps and wearable devices, addressing gaps in HIPAA protections. Sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger, the measure requires ...

Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a $252 billion executive budget, effectively kicking off the budget season at the State ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to extend REAP and create a new program (with a new acronym).  As part of her executive budget, the governor pitched extending the city’s Relocation and Employment Assistance ...

Public fury over dangerous mentally ill people plaguing the streets and subways has Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams and mayoral ...

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset A popular TV host ...