Abortion

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The two candidates for governor double down on their priority issues in the race. Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted abortion rights Wednesday, while Republican candidate and Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin focused on fighting crime.

Stormy weather still has some farmers worried about the dry summer season. And rising consumer prices is forcing local nonprofit workers to make a tough choice.

The country's access to abortion is in a precarious state with the right to abortion no longer protected by the federal government.

State leaders are now reacting to ruling that ends the five-decades-old decision and talking about the future of reproductive rights in New York.

Governor Kathy Hochul and the legislature took preemptive steps to protect abortion rights in anticipation of the high court’s decision.

The Siena College poll finds Democratic and Republican voters back the new gun control laws and abortion protections approved by Hochul and the legislature

The measures are in response to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.

State lawmakers concluded their 2022 session early Saturday morning , working to pass several gun control and abortion rights bills, as well as a first-in-the-nation two-year ban on crypto mining.

The measures include legal protections for health care providers in New York who perform abortions on patients from states where the procedure would be banned if the 1973 decision is overturned.