Gov. Kathy Hochul is still polling underwater with New York voters, but her proposals for this year’s legislative session are getting positive marks from the same people. On Monday, the Siena College Research Institute unveiled its latest statewide poll, finding that 47% of voters have a ...
Canadians are still trying to figure out just what the U.S. threat to impose tariffs on goods brought from the northern nation into the country is actually about. In an interview with the Watertown Daily Times on Tuesday, Tom Clark, the Canadian Consul General in New York, said that the ...
ALBANY — The death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report, lawyers for his family said Wednesday. The report issued by the county medical examiner’s office last week concludes that the cause of Robert Brooks’ death in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.” Nassau County Democratic lawmakers argue in their complaint filed ...
ALBANY — If people suspect a wild bird may be exhibiting avian flu symptoms, they now have a way to report it. On Thursday, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced an online platform for people to report suspected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in ...
State Democratic legislators are considering delaying the impending special election for North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik’s NY-21 House seat until this summer, which would potentially leave her seat vacant for longer than anticipated. While state Democrats discussing the potential change ...