New York lawmakers want everyone to know they’re on it. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive order this summer pausing data center projects for a year was the first in the nation. And legislation that could ...

Flanked by fellow elected officials, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded that President Donald Trump immediately cease all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city after a ...

Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for governor, says he cares about Social Security. After all – he collects it. The 71-year-old Nassau County executive is hoping to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul in ...

Twenty-six years ago, measles was declared eliminated in the United States. It was one of the great public health achievements of a generation. Today, measles is back. Across the country, communities ...

It depends on which of 14 panels you caught at Monday’s marathon City Council hearing on AI safety.

One of the most competitive and closely watched congressional races this year is in the Hudson Valley, where moderate Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is facing an up-and-coming Democratic rival, Cait ...

Archie Kyriacou has never voted in his life, and he’s never wanted to – not for president, and certainly not for Congress. This time last year, the 50-year-old who owns the Stony Point Family Diner ...

National outrage over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024 has put changing New York’s sexual assault consent laws at the forefront of state leaders' minds. An anonymous former Cornell ...

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's tenure as leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party has drawn to a close, according to a Supreme Court judge. And that could clear the way for Julio Peña III, the leader of ...

On Sept. 29, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke in Foley Square alongside Democratic Lt. Gov. nominee Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander and other community advocates. He endorsed the ...