New York State News

With funds set to be cut on November 1, New York State has pledged $106 million to support SNAP this week alone.

The EF1 tornado claimed 3 lives including 6 year-old twin sisters.

Many school districts are facing the decision to switch to electric buses to eliminate health and climate impacting emissions. But the expensive clean buses face pushback on several fronts.

Hometown residents sending care packages.

State comptroller Tom DiNapoli calls for more psychiatric beds and telehealth services amid increasing mental health needs statewide.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a number of bills in the waning days of 2023, and that has led to some lingering disappointment in 2024.

NYS has not yet reported any cases of the new Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86. State health officials are vigilantly watching out for the variant that's already circulating in parts of the country.

Labor Commissioner Rebecca Reardon and other officials appeared at Tuesday’s opening of the Saratoga County Fair to reassure the public that the rides are closely monitored.

By 2030, three dozen New York counties will have almost a third of their population aged 60 or older.

Currently, 10 states and Washington, D.C. have medical aid-in-dying laws.