Karen DeWitt

Animal welfare advocates are asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would ban the sale of puppies, kittens and rabbits from so-called puppy mills, which opponents say use inhumane practices to breed pets for sale in pet stores.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and top state health officials say New Yorkers should start preparing for a surge in three different viruses — RSV, the flu, and COVID — as the holiday season gets underway.

In less than a month, Kathy Hochul will give her first State of the State address as a governor elected by the voters, and she’s already given some hints about what she will make a priority.

King is now the chancellor of the State University of New York system after the SUNY Board of Trustees voted him in on Monday.

Advocates for new criminal justice reforms held rallies across New York state last week as part of a new effort to get the governor and Legislature to agree to more changes that would benefit people convicted of crimes.

A year ago, a redistricting process began to draw new lines for state elected officeholders. It ended in acrimony — and in court. On Thursday, though, New York’s redistricting commission found agreement.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the start of the winter holidays to make her mark on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, by choosing a new chief judge.

The new law stems from adverse reactions to a crypto-mining operation along Seneca Lake, in the heart of the state’s winemaking region.

On Thanksgiving Day, the statute of limitations for reporting adult sexual abuse was waived for one year, due to the Adult Survivors Act.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul decried the rise in violent domestic terrorism in New York and the nation Tuesday, and signed two bills into law that she says will takes steps toward trying to prevent it.