The back and forth over tariffs continues to seemingly put Canada, one of the United States’ closest allies, on edge and with “elbows up.”

“It's not good to fight with your neighbors,” said Prashant Ghorpade, a resident of Hamilton, Ontario.

A onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state have settled a lawsuit she had filed against the state claiming as her employer it was liable for Cuomo’s alleged sexual harassment and for the actions of his top aides, who failed to take corrective action once she reported it.

Bennett, who became the second woman to publicly accuse him of misconduct, claimed Cuomo subjected her to invasive questions about her personal life and sexual relationships, and once told her he was “lonely” and wanted a girlfriend who lived in Albany, according to the state lawsuit, which Bennett filed in March 2023.

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes on Friday sharply criticized the Trump administration’s move to halt construction on a major offshore wind project based in his Brooklyn district.

The Empire Wind One project, located at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, was expected to power over 500,000 homes starting next year. Originally approved in 2017 under the Trump administration, the project is now in limbo as the U.S. Department of the Interior seeks to re-review construction plans.

The original sponsor of the 2019 pretrial discovery law said Thursday that she expects future budgets to include criminal justice rollbacks and changes to the state's evidence-sharing process.

State leaders are cleaning up language for a new compromise on discovery, the process in which the prosecution shares evidence with the defense in a criminal case.

This week, mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo had some highs — and some lows. He was once again confirmed to be a frontrunner in a new Siena College poll, but he was also denied millions of dollars in public matching funds because of a so-called technical glitch. Meanwhile, Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the first mayoral candidate to max out on public matching funds. Mamdani, along with some of the other candidates, spent the week going after President Donald Trump. NY1 political director Bob Hardt, investigative reporter Courtney Gross and statehouse reporter Bernadette Hogan break down a busy week in the race for mayor.

After that, the “Off Topic” team continues its series of profiles on Democratic mayoral primary candidates. This week’s installment finds them discussing Jessica Ramos, the Queens state senator running to the left of most of the other candidates.

New York state Attorney General Letitia James calls President Donald Trump’s accusations against her of falsified real estate records "baseless.”

“Let me just say to all New Yorkers and to all Americans: The allegations are baseless. The allegations are nothing more than a revenge tour,” she told NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Thursday.

State lawmakers are heading home for a long Easter weekend still with no budget, but some progress.

With changes to the state’s discovery laws, or how evidence is shared between the prosecution and the defense, largely wrapped up, focus is shifting to the remaining budget items.

If you have a child with a learning disability, a hearing issue or a speech impediment, he or she may need what’s called “early intervention." These are evaluations and therapeutic help for young children who may have developmental delays and/or disabilities.

The Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services, or ACTS, is an association of 40 early intervention agencies which provide services both in-home and in community settings. Each year, they serve over 30,000 infants, toddlers and preschoolers across New York state.

Americans saving for retirement are keeping close tabs on the stock market. The U.S. and its trading partners have been going back and forth since President Donald Trump announced his intention to reset the global market and assert U.S. economic freedom by enacting new tariffs.

For someone who is 20 or 30 years off from retirement, the response to the volatility is probably a lot different than someone who is near retirement or is recently retired, but experts say, no matter the age, it often comes down to threshold of tolerance in terms of any changes made to finances.

Legal aid attorney Elizabeth Lynch says that Congress voting to overturn overdraft fee limits is a major blow for working class people. Those fees can turn a $1 overdraft into a $36 penalty and very quickly add up.

“We see things that are more akin to like payday lending, which is not allowed in New York state," Lynch said. "But your banks and the bank accounts through these overdraft fees can basically give out a loan that has interest rates that are astronomical when you compare it to the purchase that the person is making.”

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There are currently six Democrats vying to be the next mayor of the city of Buffalo.

Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon is among them. He assumed the role last fall after longtime incumbent Byron Brown resigned to take another job.

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos “remains unrepentant” as he faces years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors say, citing a tirade of his social media posts in recent days.

Prosecutors, in a legal filing Thursday, bolstered their arguments for a stiff sentence, saying the 36-year-old New York Republican has disparaged the U.S. Department of Justice as a “cabal of pedophiles” and cast himself as a victim of prosecutorial overreach in multiple posts on the social platform X.

Mayor Eric Adams signed several pieces of legislation Thursday to address scaffolding issues across New York City.

"Moving forward, our streets are lighter and brighter. There is less trash, less opportunity for crime and more space for pedestrians and customers for our small businesses,” Adams said during a news conference. “We’ve already taken down 330 longstanding sidewalk sheds and began our work for more colorful, better-lit designs for the times when sheds do have to go up."

The New York state Republican Party’s Albany headquarters was vandalized overnight, the party announced Thursday on X.

The New York GOP posted photos showing swastikas, which were used as a national symbol in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, had been taped to parts of the building, including a sign that reads "If this is not what you stand for, prove it."

The number of private sector jobs in New York increased by 5,600, or 0.1%, in March, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor.

These put the total number of private sector jobs in the state to 8,464,400 in March. The number of private sector jobs in the U.S. increased slightly higher in the same period, at 0.2%, the department said.

Spectrum News NY1 will be hosting a Democratic mayoral debate and a Democratic debate for city comptroller in the leadup to the city's primary elections on June 24.

These two debates will air live on Spectrum News NY1 at 7 p.m.

The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind, a fully-permitted project. He said it needs further review because it appears the Biden administration rushed the approval.

The Trump administration is continuing its efforts to claw back $20 billion worth of Biden-era climate funding for low-income communities — part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. For now, the $20 billion remains frozen in a Citibank account, preventing eight organizations from distributing the money that would finance tens of thousands of projects across the country to fight climate change. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has accused the recipients of the program of misconduct and waste.

Cathie Mahon is the president and CEO of Inclusiv, one of the groups in charge of disbursing the now-frozen funds. She joined NY1’s Errol Louis to discuss the latest in this financial battle with the Trump administration. They also touched on the group’s ongoing efforts to defend the program and demonstrate its benefits for low-income communities.

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday night that state leaders have reached a deal on discovery reform, which has held up budget talks for over two weeks, and made significant progress on other policy items in the spending plan.

After a roughly one-hour leaders meeting with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday evening, Heastie told Spectrum News 1 the meeting went well.

As the announcement of a deal to make changes to New York’s discovery laws pushed relentlessly by Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared imminent Wednesday, state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is getting a share of the credit for an unconventional maneuver.

Hochul, who has been adamant that she won’t sign a budget that doesn’t include a discovery solution that is up to her standards, acknowledged the assist Wednesday.

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is considering throwing her name in the mix for a 2026 gubernatorial run, a source familiar with her thinking told NY1.

“I think there’s a lot of candidates that are in the mix. I’m honored to have my name in the mix as well,” she told NY1 in an interview on Tuesday night at the New York State Republican Party gala in Midtown Manhattan.

A longtime correction officer with the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) says he was wrongfully terminated last month after a series of wildcat strikes across the state.

"I thought I had a good career until recently,” said Adam Root, a former correction officer at Washington Correctional and the former Great Meadow Correctional in Comstock.

There’s a new chapter in the years-long legal drama between President Donald Trump and State Attorney General Letitia James.

NY1 obtained a criminal referral letter written by the president’s federal housing director. The letter claims James, “in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records.”

When he was a teenager, Kilmar Abrego Garcia fled from El Salvador to the United States after a local gang extorted the family business and threatened to kill him and his brother and rape his sisters.

Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally in 2011 at the age of 16.

LANCASTER, N.Y. — At a Wednesday press conference with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz told seniors in Lancaster if they're worried about potential cuts to Medicaid, they should call their congressional representative and let him know.

"We need you to send that message to Nick Langworthy to say don't cut Medicaid," Poloncarz said.

U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko is sounding the alarm about federal spending cuts that will impact libraries in the Capital Region.

During a round table at the Bethlehem Public Library on Wednesday, Tonko discussed a presidential executive order earlier this month — one he says slashed $200 million in annual library funding.

A grand jury has indicted two state correction officers for second-degree murder and eight others for lesser charges in the death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County in March, according to court papers released Wednesday.

The indictments stem from the death Messiah Nantwi, 22, who was pronounced dead at Wynn Hospital in Utica on March 1.

Mayor Eric Adams announced plans Wednesday to include $167 million for special education preschool seats and expanded 3-K seats in his proposed executive budget.

Adams was joined by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose administration's signature policy was the rollout of universal pre-K in the five boroughs.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you walk into a local liquor store, you'll often find dozens, or even hundreds, of wine options to choose from.

New York Sen. George Borrello says the competitive environment can make it difficult for local products to stand out.

With a compromise on discovery changes in reach, New York state leaders are expected to return their attention to Gov. Kathy Hochul's controversial proposal to expand forced psychiatric treatment for New Yorkers with severe mental health conditions.

Religious leaders from around the state rallied in the Capitol on Tuesday opposing the governor's plan to change involuntary commitment criteria — a stance most Democrats in the Legislature have taken since Hochul announced her policy agenda in January.

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Tuesday that he has come to a compromise with the five New York district attorneys on changes to the state’s discovery laws. Gov. Kathy Hochul has yet to give the plan her OK as the state budget remains in limbo.

Discovery is the process of evidence exchange between the prosecution and the defense, and Hochul has said that loopholes in 2019 reforms have led to cases being dismissed on technicalities when trivial items are not turned over within the timetable required.

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced a framework compromise between the state’s district attorneys and legislative leadership regarding the state’s discovery laws.

Discovery is the formal process of exchanging information about witnesses and evidence between the prosecution and the defense in a case that they’ll present at a trial. It’s been amended multiple times since it overhauled in 2019.

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, one of the “three people in a room” who hammer out the contours of a state budget, announced Tuesday that progress was being made on one of the stickier issues holding up the spending plan: Discovery.

He told Capital Tonight that over the last four days, he and his staff, working with the five New York City district attorneys, came up with a framework of a deal on the issue that he presented to his conference Tuesday.

When New York state Sen. Rob Rolison heard about the results of a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) bridge safety report, he wanted to know what was being done to address it. It recommended new safety evaluations following the collapse of a Baltimore bridge after a ship collided with it last year. Thirteen bridges in New York are included in the report.

“We just have to make sure that everything that can be done to make sure that they travel safely [is done]... These bridges carry lots of cars over the major transportation corridors," Rolison said.

HENRIETTA, N.Y. — The Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariffs on foreign nations are being touted as a way to attract manufacturers to the United States. Experts say there are opportunities in New York state — but it’s complicated, especially as the goalposts seem to keep moving.

Business is strong and the work is steady at Fieldtex Products in Henrietta, near Rochester. Interest in the military and medical supply case maker’s products has grown in recent weeks.

Cornell University and the University of Rochester have joined a lawsuit against the Department of Energy and the DOE secretary, Chris Wright.

The lawsuit alleges that the DOE took "flagrantly unlawful actions" by "slashing 'indirect cost rates' for government-funded research."

Gov. Kathy Hochul and her husband, William Hochul, raked in nearly $1.5 million last year, according to the couple's joint tax returns released Tuesday.

The pair reported a combined income of $1,479,244 — down from about $1.9 million last year.

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island.

The suit, lodged in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday, accuses the mayor of engaging in a “quid pro quo” with the Trump administration.

The New York state inspector general’s office identified $2.7 million in workers’ compensation fraud during 2024, resulting in 14 arrests, a 30% increase from the year prior, according to its annual report released Tuesday.

Inspector General Lucy Lang in the report noted that more than $1.4 million in restitution and fines were awarded to defrauded state agencies, insurers, and employers – also representing an increase in enforcement outcomes across the board compared to 2023.

As Democrats look to regroup, New York U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan, a moderate who outperformed his party in last year’s election, is encouraging his colleagues to adopt an aggressive message focused on reaching out to working class Americans.

He dubs it "patriotic populism" — a direct response to President Donald Trump’s right-wing populist style, which he describes as “destructive” — and argues it could be instrumental in reversing his party’s fortunes.

A grand jury on Tuesday handed up a number of criminal indictments against state correction officers involved in the death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County in March, Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters.

The inmate, Messiah Nantwi, 22, was pronounced dead at Wynn Hospital in Utica on March 1. Fifteen people of interest were named in the investigation.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing a tough political climate, with a new Marist Poll showing her approval rating stuck at 39% and a majority of New Yorkers saying they do not want her to seek reelection.

The poll, which surveyed 1,204 New York state residents from April 3 to April 9, paints a bleak picture not just for Hochul, but for the state’s overall mood, showing that declining economic confidence, concerns over affordability and dissatisfaction with leadership dominate public opinion.

A second Columbia University student who participated in campus protests against the war in Gaza has been arrested and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys say.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder who is set to graduate from Columbia in May, was taken into ICE custody during a naturalization interview in Vermont on Monday, a court filing provided to NY1 by his lawyers says.

As they negotiate separate spending packages, New York state and federal officials are pointing the finger at each other — clashing over their opposing budget strategies.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday said the threats of drastic federal cuts and the instability of the market, spurred by President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war, is not pushing her to finish the state budget, now over two weeks late, any sooner.

Gov. Kathy Hochul told New Yorkers Monday that a budget deal will come “in the near future” as she continued to double down on making sure her proposed changes to the state’s discovery laws, or how evidence is shared with the defense, make the final package.

For now, she said the back and forth is mostly inside baseball.

With New York’s state budget being almost two weeks past due, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’ll continue “to keep up the fight” for New Yorkers.

“Everyone knows what I’m standing for, and I’m not wavering on my belief that we need to make some significant reforms so we can say that this budgeting process is over,” she told NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Monday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is drawing a line in the sand with her fellow Democrats over state budget talks.

In an exclusive interview with NY1’s “Inside City Hall,” she said that she won’t back down on proposed changes to criminal justice laws — arguing it’s personal for her.

New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released an audit on Friday showing that much of the medical equipment, including oxygen tanks, ventilators and CPAP machines purchased by the Cuomo administration in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have just been sitting around in their original packaging in warehouses in various parts of the state.

Some of this equipment needs regular maintenance, which it has not received.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — People who knew former Congressman John LaFalce best say one of the first things that stood out when you met him was his vast intelligence and passion for knowledge.

National Council of Textile Organizations President Kimberly Glas worked for LaFalce from 2000-2003, the last three years of his 28 years tenure in Congress.

As President Donald Trump enacts and pauses tariffs on imported goods, the back and forth can be overwhelming — that's where it can be helpful to take a step back, because arguments about whether or not to tax imports are actually centuries old.

Historically, tariffs have been a topic of debate in the U.S. since their founding in the late 1700s.

Mayor Eric Adams arrived in the Dominican Republic on Monday to pay his respects to the 231 people who died last week when the roof of a legendary nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo.

The visit of the embattled mayor comes as many of the 700,000 Dominicans who live in New York City, representing 8% of its population, mourn the victims who were attending a concert at the Jet Set club on April 7.

Two major city unions — the Hotel Trades Council and the building services union 32BJ — are endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ahead of the crowded Democratic mayoral primary this June, NY1 has learned.

The Hotel Trades Council represents 40,000 non-managerial hotel and gaming workers in New York and New Jersey.

In an interview with NY1, mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo weighed in on Mayor Eric Adams' decision to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to open an office in Rikers Island.

"I just don’t trust ICE, and I've worked with them before," Cuomo said.

LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of people gathered at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headline a rally assailing Trump administration policies and income inequality.

Sanders, I-Vermont, has dubbed the nationwide campaign the Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here tour. Along with Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, they have railed against President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk, a top adviser to Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, and criticized a variety of government policies on immigration, spending and other issues.

Most agree that New Yorkers aren’t calling state lawmakers in fury over a budget that’s 11 days late, but experts say their perception of state finances could change depending on how federal cuts impact New York’s finances and when.

“I don’t think anyone outside of this Albany bubble knows that the budget is late,” said Shontell Smith, partner and head of New York Practice at Tusk Strategies and former chief of staff and chief counsel to the New York Senate Majority. “’I’m still getting my paychecks, I’m still getting my benefits.’ The minute something happens that impacts those benefits and payments, that’s when I think people will really be upset.”

With the state budget over 11 days late and no end in sight to negotiations, freshmen state lawmakers are getting a real taste of what Planet Albany's made of.

A late state budget may be business as usual in Albany, but it's a brand new process for those who took office in January.

One of the issues holding up the state budget is a push to institute a mask ban, though one of proposal’s authors would prefer you didn’t label it “a ban."

Hudson Valley Democratic state Sen. James Skoufis would prefer the proposal be called “a crackdown on masked menacing."

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation will not appeal a state Supreme Court judge's order that it conduct an environmental impact study before moving forward with a project to rehab Buffalo's Kensington Expressway, create a tunnel over a portion with green space above, and upgrade bridges, sidewalks and streetscapes around it.

The Restore Our Community Coalition is a group of residents who live in the East Side neighborhood adjacent to the expressway and have been fighting to reconnect the underserved, mostly Black community for years. Chair Sidney Brown said the coalition is a little disappointed.

The State University of New York hired a longtime Albany government communications aide this week who has worked for the state attorney general's office since 2022.

Gary Ginsburg joined SUNY on Thursday as the new chief communications officer. He served as acting communications director in state Attorney General Letitia James' office since January and the deputy communications director since 2022.

New York brought in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of medical equipment during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that went unused and is now sitting in storage facilities without getting recommended maintenance while costing taxpayers storage expenses, according to a report released Friday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office.

Auditors discovered the state paid $453 million to purchase nearly 250,000 items of durable medical equipment in 2020, including ventilators, X-ray machines, CPAP/BiPAP machines, oxygen tanks, pulse oximeters, oxygen concentrators and infusion pumps. Of the state’s total inventory, including equipment that was available pre-pandemic, only 324 items were distributed during the public health emergency, and only three items from the nearly 250,000 items purchased during COVID-19 were used.

This week, Mayor Eric Adams appeared before the New York City press corps wearing a casual t-shirt bearing the phrase, "In God We Trust." Adams said the outfit was about bringing attention to the faith he relied on during his federal investigation and indictment — which was dropped earlier this month. Adams is now looking to win a second term in office running as an independent candidate. NY1 investigative reporter Courtney Gross, and political reporters Bobby Cuza and Ayana Harry look at another tumultuous week at City Hall and the latest in the race for mayor.

After that, the “Off Topic” team continues its series of profiles on Democratic mayoral primary candidates. This week’s installment finds them discussing Michael Blake, the former assemblyman and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for an investigation into whether members of Congress engaged in insider trading on the day President Donald Trump sent stock prices soaring by pausing his "reciprocal" tariffs on imports from around the world.

And she's renewing her call for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.

A federal judge ruled Thursday to give thousands of New Yorkers who depend on the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program for home care or for work more time to register with its new management company to ensure people do not lose their care.

The preliminary injunction the state Health Department agreed to gives disabled or elderly people who use the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program until May 15 to register with company Public Partnerships LLC. Workers must be registered with the new management company by June 6, and must continue to be paid by their previous management company until then.

It’s Gov. Kathy Hochul’s way or the no budget way.

With no budget deal and the governor digging in, lawmakers passed a budget extender to get them through an abbreviated break for Passover until Tuesday. They were scheduled for a two-week break.

The Adams administration doubled down on their plans to bring the U.S.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement back onto Rikers Island after 10 years on Thursday.

“This is all about public safety and protecting New Yorkers from these violent gangs," Randy Mastro, the city’s new first deputy mayor, said.

A bill prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices in New York state has passed both legislative houses.

The bill (S3437 Krueger/ A565 Paulin) has been kicking around the Legislature for three years. In 2022, it passed both houses of the Legislature but was vetoed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. In 2023 and 2024, the bill was only passed by the Senate.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation is an advocacy group representing the interest of New York's Child Victims Act claimants.

"There's over 10,000 in the state and the vast, vast majority of them have not seen justice since the law was passed six years ago," Executive Director David Catalfamo said.

It’s been a crisp spring, but shelters across New York state are closing their doors in anticipation of warmer weather, leaving many experiencing homelessness without an outlet for relief.

“You just never know how it’s going to be,” said Patrick McCarthy. “I got a tent, I have my sleeping bag and hope not to be woken up in the middle of the night by anything."

Republican U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney reported raising just over $1 million in the first quarter of 2025, the congresswoman announced Thursday.

Tenney said her campaign raised money from every county in her district, receiving over 5,700 donations from more than 2,400 donors.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are at a standstill over how to spend upwards of $252 billion in a state budget that’s already over a week late.

The negotiations continue amid economic uncertainty over tariffs, and federal cuts aimed at city and state programs.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has returned to House GOP leadership in the new role of chairwoman of House Republican Leadership and was reappointed to her committees after President Donald Trump recently withdrew her nomination as ambassador to the United Nations.

According to a press release Wednesday, the leadership chair role is a senior leadership appointed position focused on strategy and communications. It has been used by multiple previous Republican leadership teams and comes with budget, staff, and an expansive strategy, legislative, and communications portfolio.

The state Health Department reached an agreement late Wednesday that will give New Yorkers who rely on a $9 billion Medicaid home care program more time to register with its new management company and avoid disruptions in care or worker pay.

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York will decide Thursday to grant or deny an updated order that would give thousands of disabled and elderly people who rely on the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program for home care until May 15 to register with new company Public Partnerships LLC.

There probably wouldn’t be enough room in a three-ring circus for all the candidates and all the drama in the race for mayor in New York City. In the wake of federal corruption charges that have been dropped against him, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams is struggling in the polls. Rather than run in a crowded Democratic primary, Adams announced this month that he’s skipping that race in June and will run as an independent candidate in the general election in November.

Meanwhile, despite major controversies in his past, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the early frontrunner in the crowded primary race that also includes the City Council speaker, the city comptroller and several state lawmakers. One of the early surprises in the race has been the strong showing of little-known Queens state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

Top Democrats continue to hash out budget language to expand forced treatment for people suffering from severe mental health issues after two unprovoked, violent attacks in New York City this week injected new life into the debate.

Republican state Sen. Stephen Chan represents the part of Brooklyn where a schizophrenic man attacked four young children with a meat cleaver earlier this week.

With the mood at the state Capitol souring by the day, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie threw a curveball: A bill which would make it so that lawmakers don’t have their paychecks withheld for a late budget— if the governor inserts policy proposals into her pitch.

In an interview with Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter, Heastie explained the move.

It’s a win for Hudson Yards.

The City Planning Commission approved new zoning for a sprawling casino project on the western rail yards in Manhattan on Wednesday, paving the way for the project to inch forward.

As first reported by WNYC’s Gothamist, New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is proposing legislation that will continue paychecks to lawmakers if the budget is late and if the governor includes unrelated policy items in the spending plan.

The proposal comes as the legislature and the governor appear to be stalled on a variety of policy issues in budget talks.

ALBANY, N.Y. — District attorneys across New York state are voicing concerns about several bills the state Legislature is considering that could drastically reduce the amount of time incarcerated people serve.

Erie County DA Michael Keane, a Democrat, wrote lawmakers asking them to oppose bills known to proponents as the Fair and Timely Parole and Elder Parole Acts.

A recent decision by the United States to revoke all visas for South Sudanese citizens is raising concerns in Syracuse, which has a large community of people from South Sudan, including Chol Majok, who is running for mayor as the first refugee elected to the Syracuse City Council.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday announced the U.S. would cancel visas for those from the African country because it failed to accept the return of deportees from America “in a timely manner."

Schools across New York state had to reschedule their computer-based testing after technical issues with the state education's website on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The outage impacted students in grades three through eight. The state Education Department says 10% of schools were affected.

All 19 New York Democrats in the U.S. House united Wednesday in demanding a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., warning a recent attempt to cut $11 billion in public health grants is endangering their constituents.

In a letter to Kennedy, shared first with Spectrum News NY1, the lawmakers said New York could lose roughly $400 million in health funding if the Trump administration’s effort to rescind funding succeeds.

It's been just about one month since New York state and Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) leaders declared the correction officer wildcat strike over.

It was March 10 when Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order barring correction officers who were fired amid the strike from being hired by local municipalities unless they go through a specific program.

The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell University.

This comes amid a government investigation of alleged civil rights violations at the school.

New York budget negotiations are "stuck," state leaders said Tuesday, as they debate criminal justice reforms and Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed changes to discovery laws.

Top Democrats are divided to compromise on the evidence sharing changes the governor wants after pressure from district attorneys from across the state.

Lawmakers are getting impatient with Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“The later the budget is, the more the governor gets blamed," said Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris. "If she wants to go through that route that other governors have gone through, she can figure it out herself."

Mayor Eric Adams was wearing his faith on his short sleeves Tuesday as he faced reporters for his weekly question-and-answer session.

“This outfit is not campaigning. This outfit is my life, in God we trust. I went through hell for 15 months and all I had was God," he said.

Just last week, Secretary of U.S. Veterans Affairs Doug Collins announced he would be cutting the department’s workforce by 80,000 people, which includes numerous veterans.

It’s an issue close to the heart of Army veteran and Syracuse Assemblywoman Pam Hunter, speaker pro tempore of the state Assembly. Hunter is a member of the Committee on Veterans Affairs as well as the chair of the Subcommittee on Women Veterans.

April marks National Donate Life Month, and right now in New York state there are more than 8,000 people awaiting a life-saving organ donation. Of those 8,000 patients, about 400 lost their lives last year.

“Any time we’re talking about Donate Life, it’s a celebration," Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes told a group of advocates, donors, survivors and a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the Legislative Office Building in Albany Tuesday.

A late state budget could be a blessing in disguise. As of April 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul didn’t know about President Donald Trump’s tariff plan and the stock market’s impending decline.

“People are worried about Social Security, they’re worried about pensions, they’re worried about their stock crashing!” Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Democratic State Senate Majority Leader in Albany, said Tuesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Starting Friday, Canadians who are at least 14 years old, cross the border by land or car and are staying in the U.S. for 30 days or more must register with the United States Immigration and Citizenship Services.

"I don't think it's terribly burdensome. I tried it myself. It's free," said Rosanna Berardi, Berardi Immigration Law managing partner.

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it’s not backing off its latest deadline for New York to end its $9 congestion toll on drivers entering the most traffic-snarled parts of Manhattan, despite a recent court filing that indicated the charge would remain at least through the summer.

Lawyers for the two sides recently reached an agreement that appeared to slow things down. They proposed a briefing schedule that allows for court filings through the end of July and possibly into October, while government lawyers indicated they wouldn't seek an injunction to stop the tolls while the lawsuit proceeds, according to a joint letter dated Friday and signed by an MTA lawyer to the judge in the case.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Experiencing a little bit of economic pain for more industries to come back to the U.S. is the reasoning for many who support tariffs, but for some American businesses, "Made in America" just isn’t possible.

About 70% of the items at Tara Gift Shoppe in Buffalo come directly from Ireland. Their customer base doesn't want those items made stateside. They want that authentic connection to Ireland.

The Trump administration canceled $188 million in federal grants meant to reimburse New York City for sheltering migrants, saying the money was being spent to support illegal immigration and leading the city's mayor to vow to fight the clawback.

In a letter sent April 1 and shared with The Associated Press on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency informed city officials that it was canceling the grants, which included roughly $80 million that the agency withdrew from city's bank account in February.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is cutting more than $325 million in funding intended for “critical” infrastructure and resilience projects in New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

Much of the funding — which the state would have received through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program — was allocated for flood mitigation efforts, Hochul said in a release.

Four labor leaders are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to secure more funding for SUNY Upstate University Hospital's expansion project.

In a letter obtained by Spectrum News 1, the heads of United University Professions, the Public Employees Federation, the Civil Service Employees Association and the Central & Northern New York Building Trades are asking the governor to work with legislative leaders to allocate $450 million toward the project.