Plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrives in Omaha
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The plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Omaha early Monday morning.
- Robert Gavin Albany Bureau Chief
A bill to give tax breaks to volunteer firefighters in New York was rejected in a procedural vote. Then came social media comments suggesting that some lawmakers' homes should burn.
- Robert Gavin Albany Bureau Chief
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said state leaders have agreed on a framework agreement on a $268 billion state budget that would increase aid to the City of Buffalo by at least $40 million. But leaders of the Legislature say there's no deal just yet.
- Robert Gavin Albany Bureau Chief
A Western New York lawmaker and a health service provider are calling for the state budget to cover the cost of housing for an estimated 2,800 low-income HIV patients in counties outside New York City.
- Robert Gavin Albany Bureau Chief
Gov. Kathy Hochul lost points with registered New York voters but gained ground on Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in a new Siena University poll released Tuesday.
- Robert Gavin Albany Bureau Chief
On Monday, Sen. Thomas O'Mara, R-Big-Flats, who represents eastern Allegany County, offered a new description for Gov. Kathy Hochul: "She's been a chameleon."
Hochul, lawmakers considering new limits for ICE collaboration in New York as budget agreement nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul and top lawmakers could reach a tentative agreement on the next state budget as soon as this week – including new policies to limit the extent that police could share information with federal immigration officers.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to create a registry of legal disposable vapor products, coupled with a distribution tax, may be one of the less controversial proposals in her nearly $263 billion state budget.
There has been progress in two of the biggest sticking points in negotiations between Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, on a state budget that was due on April 1.
Lawmakers passed a $2.5 billion "extender" bill Monday to keep state operations funded through the end of Thursday as the state budget remains late.
In January, Gov. Kathy Hochul identified "runaway litigation costs" as a major reason why New Yorkers paid some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country.
Now, Hochul's plan to lower those costs and its ensuing backlash are the major reason why the state's budget is late for the fifth consecutive year and 25 days beyond its April 1 due date.Â
Kiran Sastry wanted to get outside during recess. Now, more than two years after the now-8-year-old student at Maple East Elementary School and his mom started the ball rolling for his proposal, a bill is circulating the State Capitol with the support of Assembly Member Karen McMahon, D-Williamsville.
One person was killed and two were injured in a crash involving a car and two motorcycles Sunday in Cayuga County.
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Plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrives in Omaha
The plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Omaha early Monday morning.
A bill to give tax breaks to volunteer firefighters in New York was rejected in a procedural vote. Then came social media comments suggesting that some lawmakers' homes should burn.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said state leaders have agreed on a framework agreement on a $268 billion state budget that would increase aid to the City of Buffalo by at least $40 million. But leaders of the Legislature say there's no deal just yet.
Americans who were evacuated from a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean that had experienced an outbreak of hantavirus arrived in Omaha early Monday and were transported to special isolation units on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus.Â
Trump said on Monday he will reduce the federal gas tax, seeking to blunt the impact of rising pump prices.
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Hundreds of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and staff are being dispatched across the country to bolster immigration enforcement in big cities and small towns alike.
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A Cayuga County man was charged with possessing child pornography last month after a tip was received by state police.
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The report also said he frequently submitted restaurant receipts that were cut up and taped back together to omit what was ordered.
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Auburn City Councilor Craig Diego held a town hall meeting on Saturday.
A bill to give tax breaks to volunteer firefighters in New York was rejected in a procedural vote. Then came social media comments suggesting that some lawmakers' homes should burn.
The Finger Lakes Rapid Response Network led about 50 protesters in a rally and remembrance march on May 9 to and from the locations where three men were recently detained by ICE in King Ferry.Â
On Friday morning, a young man stopped into a Hispanic-owned convenience store in southern Cayuga County.