Karen DeWitt

The new laws were passed after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the state’s 100-year-old concealed carry laws in June.

The man accused in the mass shooting in Buffalo allegedly threatened to commit a murder-suicide at his high school near Binghamton.

As the new school year is about to get underway, it will begin with fewer incumbent school board members.

New York’s Democratic Party leaders had been criticizing Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin for a planned fundraiser with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis had to pull out because of an “unforeseen tragedy.”

New York state has begun the application process for licenses to run retail cannabis stores, nearly a year and a half after the drug became legal for adult recreational purposes.

Wednesday marked a year since Kathy Hochul became New York’s governor.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that COVID-19 rules will be eased for New York’s schoolchildren this year, and masks and social distancing will no longer be required.

The second of New York’s two primary voting days is being held on Tuesday August 23, with some hotly contested races. Turnout is expected to be low.

There is data to back up the progressive groups’ concerns.

One contributor to the spending increase is Hochul’s plan to pump $10 billion into the state’s health care workforce.