Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for the second time in a week, as a federal judge warned him he could be sent to jail if he doesn't stop spreading lies about two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgement against him.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., found the former New York City mayor and onetime attorney for President-elect Donald Trump violated court orders barring him from defaming Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. The judge ordered him to review trial testimony and other materials from the case, and warned him that future violations could land him behind bars.

This year, Gov. Kathy Hochul may be relying more on Mayor Eric Adams to help her push her priorities over the finish line.

They’re aligned on public safety and tax policies — while differences with legislative leaders could lead to clashes in the State Capitol.

With issues of climate change and trade facing the next generation of New York agriculture, state leaders said they feel confident farmers will be successful.

“One of the reasons I feel so optimistic about the future is because of these beginning and young farmers and the next generation who will be leaders of agriculture businesses, animal and veterinary sciences, food science, conservation technology and so much more,” said New York Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball said during an annual state of agriculture address.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing funding universal school meals in the next state budget as part of her State of the State executive agenda that she estimates will feed more than 2.7 million students, she announced Friday.

The governor's office said this program will help save families an estimated $165 on groceries per child each month. And if students currently buy meals at school every day, the state says it will save parents $2,000 per child a year, as well as address food insecurity among children and create more opportunities for students to succeed.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday received a no-penalty sentence known as an “unconditional discharge” in his New York hush money case, a rare decision for a felony conviction.

The sentence means Trump will serve no jail time or probation, and no fines will be imposed.

Mayor Eric Adams reflected on his State of the City address during an interview on “Mornings On 1” Friday, sharing his thoughts on the plans he unveiled for New York City.

The mayor’s Thursday address outlined several initiatives aimed at keeping families in the city. His proposals include creating family-friendly housing units, reducing city income taxes for families, teaching financial literacy in public schools, expanding free swim classes, opening schoolyards for broader use and helping city employees and their families eliminate student loan debt.

Congestion pricing is finally here. As of Sunday, New Yorkers are being charged $9 during peak hours to enter the Central Business District in Manhattan below 60th Street. The initiative has sparked both outrage and celebration. It will take some time to determine whether the plan is a success or failure, and Gov. Kathy Hochul said we won't be able to tell until 2026 — the year she is up for reelection. NY1 investigative reporter Courtney Gross, and political reporters Bobby Cuza and Dan Rivoli, weigh in on this historic occasion in New York’s transit history.

After that, Mayor Eric Adams delivered his fourth state of the city address this week from the stage at the Apollo Theater, outlining the rationale for his reelection to a second term. The mayor unveiled several plans, including one to build tens of thousands of housing units in Manhattan. The “Off Topic’ team looks at the mayor’s final address of his first term and what New Yorkers can expect in 2025.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce in the coming days support for funding universal school meals in the next state budget, sources told Spectrum News 1. The program is said to have a $250 million price tag.

The governor would join a bipartisan campaign that both Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have thrown their support behind this week.

Brooklyn attorney Domenick Napoletano, new president of the New York State Bar Association, will focus his legislative advocacy in Albany on bolstering both civil and indigent legal services.

While under the same pro bono umbrella, civil legal services help people with non-criminal legal issues like foreclosures, landlord-tenant disputes and family court. Indigent legal services assist people who can't afford legal representation in criminal cases, including those who face deportation.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, several New York lawmakers said they will examine new immigration policies to counteract his plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants across the country.

With 11 days until the start of Trump's second term, many Democrats in the state want the Legislature to focus on a suite of proposals to protect New York immigrants and their families. But with only two session days left until the Jan. 20 inauguration, reforms are unlikely until after Trump has returned to the White House.

Four more staff members from the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision have been suspended without pay in connection with last month's death of an incarcerated man after a violent incident with correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, the department announced Thursday evening.

Sgts. Christine Ploss and Evan Thisse, corrections officer Jared Popiel and registered nurse Patricia Matos are all now suspended.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Erie County Legislature was originally scheduled Thursday to have committee meetings.

Conservative Legislator Lindsay Lorigo said the body has a lot of work in front of it as the new year begins.

Farmers in New York state have some concerns as they begin the new year. Changing federal and state policies seem to be the driving forces behind their worries.

“The uncertainty about agricultural labor right now is probably foremost in most of agriculture's mind," said Doug Shelmindine, co-owner of Sheland Farms.

Congestion pricing is underway in New York City, a plan with a fair amount of supporters and detractors. The trucking industry is among those feeling the impacts.

Joe Fitzpatrick is concerned about how congestion pricing is going to affect his business, Lighting Express Delivery. As much as 20% of it comes from deliveries to New York City, and to keep delivering there, Fitzpatrick said he had to add a surcharge to offset the cost.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state.

In a statement, Hochul said she would propose legislation this year that would require a 75 day waiting period before large investment firms could place bids on new homes hitting the market and limit certain tax benefits when the firms purchase homes.

Capital Region legislators announced Thursday they were introducing a bill requiring New York state to dedicate seven acres of the Wadsworth lab project on the Harriman State Office Campus in Albany, to commercial, retail and residential development.

New York state is redeveloping the Harriman campus office park with the $1.7 billion Wadsworth project which brings the Wadsworth labs together on 27 acres of the site.

The New York state Court of Appeals has formally removed a state judge in Oneida County who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party in 2022, the state’s highest court announced Thursday.

The decision heeds a recommendation made by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct in July 2024 to remove state Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall for invoking her authority as a judge to try to get uninvited guests arrested, threatened to shoot Black teenagers and bragged that her 18-year-old son had “put the smackdown” on another partygoer.

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler will serve as chairman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Thursday.

The panel has jurisdiction over the Middle East and North Africa regions and has oversight responsibilities over activities in the State Department.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday.

One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump's legal team.

As part of his State of the City address, Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday afternoon will unveil expanded funding for more schoolyards and swim classes, NY1 has learned.

The city will be opening 11 additional schoolyards for use during the summer, after school and weekends in underserved neighborhoods. The new investment increases the number of New Yorkers living within a 10-minute walk of a public space to nearly 85%, according to City Hall.

The fate of a tax deduction essential to many residents of New York and other high-tax states will be front and center this weekend when U.S. House Republicans meet with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida.

During the Saturday gathering at Mar-a-Lago, Reps. Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota and others are expected to make their pitch for raising the cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, better known as SALT, as part of the sweeping tax reform package Republicans aim to pass this Congress.

Andrea Stewart-Cousins made history Wednesday as the longest-serving Democratic majority leader in the New York state Senate in state history after also making history as the first Black woman to serve in that capacity.

She sat down with Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter in the Senate Chamber on the first day of the two-year legislative session to discuss a variety of issues, including taxation, SALT, housing, migrants and affordability.

Wednesday was the first day of the new legislative session in Albany. New York state lawmakers returned to get to work on legislation as they also stare down an April 1 budget deadline.

In addition to opening remarks, small talk in the hallways, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins being re-sworn into their posts, the battles for the upcoming session are taking shape.

Disgraced former congressman George Santos, facing a federal prison sentence, has won a few months' freedom to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines — including revenue from his new podcast.

A New York judge on Wednesday granted the Republican's request to delay his Feb. 7 sentencing after he pleaded guilty this summer to federal fraud and identity theft charges.

The clock officially started on the 2025 legislative session in Albany on Wednesday, marking the beginning of a months-long dance between Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators negotiating New York’s multibillion-dollar budget.

On the table: discussions about raising taxes and getting mentally ill and potentially dangerous people off the streets and subways.

NIAGARA FALLS - Over the past 15 years, Niagara Falls, Ontario Mayor Jim Diodati has served in office as an independent, often distancing himself from party politics.

However, as Liberal Party Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans his exit, Diodati believes it's indicative of a philosophical shift in Canada.

A new court ruling could hinder the state's transition of the Medicaid home care program that allows elderly and disabled people to hire their own home health aides.

A state Supreme Court judge in Livingston County on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order that blocks one company from sending personal data of patients who use the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) to a third party.

Advocates held a rally in Albany Wednesday calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to pass several bills to protect immigrants in the state as President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

The four pieces of legislation include a bill that would prohibit state and local agencies from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce in the coming days her support to fund universal school meals in the next state budget as part of her State of the State executive agenda, sources told Spectrum News on Wednesday.

It is estimated to cost about $250 million for universal coverage for all school districts in the state. Currently, about $145 million of the state's $237 billion budget funds free school meals in low-income districts.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a statement Wednesday saying the state’s Republican congressional delegation should demand a full repeal of the cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, as negotiations on its future continue with Donald Trump about to return to the White House.

“The New York Republican delegation owes middle class New Yorkers a full repeal of the SALT cap. This cap has cost New Yorkers as much as $12 billion every year since it took effect in 2018, robbing middle-class families of their hard-earned money,” Hochul said in the statement. “Republicans have drained billions directly from the pockets of their own constituents, and now it’s time for them to deliver. No excuses. No half measures. It's all or nothing – New Yorkers deserve a full repeal.”

State funding totaling $100 million is now available for transit providers to expand their use of zero-emission vehicles, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.

The money comes from the state’s Zero-Emission Transit Transition Program (ZETT), part of the effort to achieve the goals of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019, which requires New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels.

Nonprofit organizations in 2022 provided 1.3 million jobs to New Yorkers, which was a 4.1% decline over a five-year period, according to a report released Wednesday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

There were more than 33,536 nonprofit organizations in the state as of 2022, the report says, which comprised one-tenth of the organizations nationwide.

Local officials are reacting following an announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul on renewed investment in the Hudson Valley’s rail services.

Plans include funding that would increase capacity, reduce delays, improve safety and cut travel times by up to 15 minutes.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday's sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump's trial and conviction last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump has denied wrongdoing.

Lawyers for two former Georgia election workers who are owed $148 million in damages after suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation said Tuesday that evidence proves their clients are entitled to three World Series rings that the former New York City mayor says he gave to his son.

The lawyers filed papers in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to find that their clients should be given the rings marking New York Yankees' victories in 1996, 1999 and 2000.

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants on Fire."

But prosecutors, in their response Tuesday, dismissed the New York Republican's promises of a financial boon as “extremely speculative” and derided the program's title as a “tone-deaf and unrepentant reference to the crimes he committed."

Federal prosecutors claim that they’ve uncovered more alleged criminal conduct from Mayor Eric Adams, who is already fighting federal corruption charges.

The claim was made in court papers filed this week.

A new hotline assisting with the transition of a popular Medicaid home care program to one company received more than 1,000 calls on its first day, company leaders said Tuesday.

In 12 weeks, Public Partnerships LLC, will become the state's sole fiscal intermediary for its Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, which more than 280,000 New Yorkers rely on for home care.

On Wednesday, Democrats in the New York state Assembly are expected to reelect Carl Heastie as their speaker.

It will be the beginning of his 11th year as house leader; he was elected to the post after former Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested and had to step down in February 2015.

A battle over whether New York’s ethics watchdog violates the state’s constitution was before the state Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

The fight stems from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial pandemic-era book deal, and the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, or COELIG’s, attempts to examine it.

In the aftermath of the 2024 elections, which left Democrats without a base of power in Washington, the word "affordability" has become a political yardstick for Gov. Kathy Hochul and other top Democrats in New York.

The notion of affordability has become so paramount that Hochul’s State of the State address features an aptly named “affordability agenda” which she’s begun fleshing out with her first two proposals: inflation refund checks and expanded child tax credits.

Albany Common Council President Corey Ellis will make a third bid to become mayor of Albany. He announced his run Tuesday in the former Jack’s Oyster House restaurant, where he called for changes to make Albany a city of opportunity and excitement.

Ellis told supporters that “together, we can reimagine Albany’s future.” He said that while the more than 100-year-old "Jack's" is now closed, it serves as a reminder that in every loss is an opportunity.

Last year was a very different one for North Country state Sen. Mark Walczyk, who as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, deployed overseas, missing almost a full legislative session.

He has, however, returned safely, and is ready to get back to work.

Mayor Eric Adams’ latest Charter Revision Commission held its first meeting on Tuesday.

A handful of people were in the audience for the meeting, which marks the start of a process of reviewing and possibly making changes to the city’s charter — the governing document of the city.

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is still set to be sentenced in his hush money case this week — at least for now — after a New York appeals court judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected his second attempt to get it called off.

Judge Ellen Gesmer, of the state's intermediate appellate court, denied Trump's request for an order that would have indefinitely postponed sentencing and halted the case while he appeals a decision last week upholding the verdict.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing $110 million to go toward building more child care centers in the state, she announced Tuesday, continuing a theme this week of highlighting child care investment plans as part of her 2025 State of the State executive agenda. Funds would also go toward repairs for existing sites.

“I’ve heard from everybody. We have a shortage of facilities. And we have an amazing program that if your family earns $108,000 or less, your child care costs can be capped at $15 a week,” Hochul said at an event in New York City. “Think about that. Think about the money that’s back in your pockets. But it only helps if there’s a place to go. That sounds nice on paper but if you’re in a child care desert, that doesn’t matter. So let’s build more.”

City officials on Tuesday unveiled plans to transform the historic Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx into a “vibrant, mixed-use” hub known as “El Centro Kingsbridge.”

Phase one of the project is expected to deliver an event venue, sports fields for youth academies, cultural and commercial space and more than 25,000 square feet of community space, officials including Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a release. It will also include an educational facility for workforce development.

Federal funds totaling $15 million will go to installing 350 electric vehicle charging stations at State University of New York campuses, U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday.

The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, which is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, which Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law in 2021.

Rep. Pat Ryan is urging President-elect Donald Trump to include Democrats in discussions about the future of the cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT.

“If President-elect Trump is serious about removing the SALT cap and ending double taxation, he’s going to need bipartisan support,” the Hudson Valley Democrat said in a statement shared first with Spectrum News NY1. “I’ll go to Mar-A-Lago myself if that’s what it takes.”

The first woman to serve as New York's lieutenant governor was laid to rest on Monday.

Funeral services for Mary Anne Krupsak were held at St. Francis de Sales Church in Geneva.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In 2019, New York state lawmakers passed what is known as the Green Light Law, allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.

But in order to ensure the federal government didn't then target those individuals for deportation, the state restricted federal access to DMV records and prohibited local law enforcement from sharing certain information with immigration authorities.

After a series of brutal attacks in New York City by people with a history of mental health issues, Gov. Kathy Hochul last week promised to address the problem by changing the state’s involuntary commitment standards.

On Jan. 14 in her State of the State address, she has committed to introducing legislation to expand the definition of who hospitals are able to commit, as well as legislation to improve the process through which a court can order certain individuals to participate in assisted outpatient treatment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is sticking to her congestion pricing guns, just one day after the new tolling program started charging cars and trucks a new fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.

“I know the impact this has on people, I understand this,” Hochul said on Monday during a press conference in Midtown. “We have to make investments in our public transit system. Full stop. It takes a lot of money to do that.”

Dozens of state lawmakers are expected to sign a letter later this week demanding Gov. Kathy Hochul close an upstate prison where multiple correction officers fatally beat an incarcerated man last month.

Lawmakers have started to discuss potential legislative action in response to the death of Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Rochester man who died in a Utica hospital Dec. 10 — a day after more than a dozen officers beat him while he was handcuffed. No charges have been filed in the case, and a final cause of death has not been released.

The new year brings some changes to 401 (k) plans across the country, including an expanded limit on catch-up contributions older workers can make. The larger contributions can lower the amount of taxable income for individuals who are eligible and take advantage.

The contribution cap this year for all employees is $23,500, a $500 increase over last year’s cap.

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.

Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with requests for evidence over the last few months.

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered Friday's sentencing to proceed as scheduled, rejecting arguments from Trump’s lawyers who said it should be halted while they ask a state appeals court to reverse his decision to let the conviction stand.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing a large expansion of New York’s child tax credit as part of her 2025 State of the State executive agenda, the governor announced Monday.

Under her proposal, families would receive an annual credit of up to $1,000 per child under age 4 and up to $500 per child from age 4 to 16. The current rate is set at $330 per child.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has been selected to lead the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for the caucus, for the 2026 election cycle, Senate Democrats announced Monday.

“We are excited to announce Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will serve as the next DSCC Chair for the 2026 cycle working to build strong campaign infrastructure, hold Republicans accountable, and mobilize voters to win the majority for Senate Democrats!” Senate Democrats posted on X.

It’s just a matter of time before critics of congestion pricing come around to it, according to Kathryn Wylde, the president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

Wylde, a longtime proponent of the tolling program — which went into effect Sunday — pointed to London, England as a success story New York City is trying to emulate. London introduced a congestion pricing program in 2003, mainly due to environmental concerns at the time, Wylde said.

Commissioners studying reparations for the impact of New York's role in the slave trade want state lawmakers to give them more time and money in this year's budget to get the job done.

The nine members of the state's Community Commission on Reparations Remedies have about six months left to complete a $5 million study before submitting a report of recommendations to the Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act, but most agree that it is only the beginning of a lengthy process to get it implemented. The legislature still has to vote on chapter amendments sought by the governor, and the legislation is widely expected to face legal challenges.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Liz Krueger, said a fund created – and the $3 billion that fossil fuel companies would be forced to pay into it annually for 25 years – are intended to take the burden of the state’s climate change-related costs off taxpayers.

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money criminal case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.

The development nevertheless leaves Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes.

In the wake of several high-profile crimes in the city, Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants to change state law to allow authorities to commit mentally ill people to hospitals without their consent.

But it will be an uphill battle, as the Democratic-led state Legislature has previously opposed similar policy proposals.

Members of the new 119th Congress descended on the nation’s Capitol Friday with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress and the second term of Donald Trump on the horizon.

While the GOP has the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, it is one of the smallest in congressional history. So what can New Yorkers expect from the new Congress?

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The 2024 election cycle was the first time that New York state Legislature candidates were able to obtain and utilize matching public campaign funds.

Blair Horner, senior policy director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, which advocated for the program, says so far it appears to have gone well.

Rudy Giuliani testified Friday at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers, lamenting the speedy deadline imposed on him to turn over information about his assets.

The former New York City mayor testified in Manhattan federal court that the two-week time frame he was given to respond to the requests “was very short,” in comparison to how long he was given to provide information in 15 to 20 other court cases he's involved in.

Kate Berryan never left her daughter Hannah’s side after she was hit by a distracted driver in 2014. She credits first responders for reviving Hannah, who later spent four months in a coma. Her mother didn't expect her to wake up.

"I was talking to her about a new red Chevy truck that was coming out," Berryan said. "And at that exact moment, she woke up and the entire building at Helen Hayes [hospital] went crazy.”

It’s a new year, but the same old problems are facing Mayor Adams.

Jeffrey Maddrey resigned last month as the NYPD’s chief of department after a lieutenant accused him of coercing her into having sex. On Thursday, federal agents raided Maddrey’s home for undisclosed reasons. NY1 investigative reporter Courtney Gross, political reporter Bobby Cuza and statehouse reporter Bernadette Hogan discuss the latest scandal in Adams’ mayoralty.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and her office staff will recuse themselves from further investigation into last month's death of an incarcerated man after a violent incident with correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, she announced Thursday.

James appointed Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick to serve as a special prosecutor in the probe.

New York’s Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus is made up of 80 members of the state Senate and Assembly from across the state, and looks to examine how the legislative process impacts members of those communities.

Each year for more than two decades, the caucus has issued their legislative priorities for the upcoming session known as “The People’s Budget."

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Many of the final arrangements for President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral are still being ironed out. He passed away on Sunday at 100 years old.

The 39th president of the United States made an impact on the lives of many, including a Rochester man who says he’s proud to have worked for Carter.

After a closely watched primary election, Albany County has a new district attorney for the first time in 20 years.

Lee Kindlon, a private practice attorney with military experience, upset the incumbent David Soares in the primary and won over 60% of the vote in the general election.

Mary Anne Krupsak, the first woman elected to be New York's lieutenant governor, has died at the age of 92.

According to her obituary, Krupsak died on Dec. 28 in her home on Seneca Lake.

The New York state Office of Cannabis Management has generated more than $1 billion in total revenue since the recreational cannabis market opened in 2022, according to its annual report released Thursday.

That money has come from the nearly 300 adult use cannabis dispensaries now open across the state. The office said it has issued over 5,000 licenses, permits and registrations and conducted 1,300 enforcement inspections over that time.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced Thursday she will be joining the Senate Committee on Appropriations in the next Congress, which is set to convene on Friday.

The panel in Washington’s upper chamber oversees federal spending and allocates funding to programs and government agencies.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that took effect Wednesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the policy makes New York the first state in the country to offer paid leave for prenatal care.

A big assist is coming to New Yorkers with private insurance who need to pay for insulin. New York’s first-in-the-nation law eliminating insulin copays for private insurance users starts in 2025.

Assemblymember and pharmacist John McDonald III said it's a huge win for patients.

The long-time fixture of the Capitol hallways, Blair Horner, is getting a new assignment as we ring in the New Year.

Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) and an effective translator of the jargon and policy coming from the state Capitol, will become the group’s senior policy advisor.

From the lake-effect machines that batter Buffalo's Southtowns, the Finger Lakes region, the Southern Tier and the remnants that crash the Capital Region down to the Hudson Valley, we know Mother Nature is nothing to discount.

Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-26) and others in offices across New York state do too, and come the next legislative session, there could be some meaningful change for preparation and recovery.

Albany County swore in its first new district attorney in 20 years on Monday.

Democrat Lee Kindlon, who won election to the position in November, received his oath of office at a ceremony held in the Albany County Office Building. Judge Elizabeth Garry presided over the event.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Monday, and directed immediate changes to protect staff and inmates following the death of inmate Robert Brooks in an incident with corrections officers earlier this month.

Body camera footage released last week by the New York attorney general’s office shows correctional officers hitting Brooks while he was restrained at the prison on Dec. 9. He died the next day at a hospital in Utica. State Attorney General Letitia James said her office will be investigating, using all its resources.

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100, the Carter Center confirmed on Sunday.

New York officials across the state shared their reactions, with many commenting on his humanitarian efforts, as well as his presidency.

Former President Jimmy Carter passed away Sunday at the age of 100.

Serving one term in the late 1970s, Carter's legacy blossomed after his time in the highest office in the country.

The investigation into the death of inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility is heading to the federal level.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Albany office says agents and members of the Department of Justice are reviewing the incident to determine what the federal response should be.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial intelligence software, under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Hochul, a Democrat, signed the bill last week after it was passed by state lawmakers earlier this year.

One upstate congressman is looking to help lighten the load for military families.

Rep. Tim Kennedy is introducing the "Our Heroes Act" legislation, which would allow families of veterans who died prior to Nov. 1, 1990 to request a free headstone from the government.

New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello says there is no excuse for the actions of his correction officers following the death of a Marcy Correctional Facility inmate.

The New York Attorney General’s office released the video Friday afternoon. It shows the events leading up to the death of Robert Brooks earlier this month.

Alex Miser Duncan is an Astoria resident. The 30th Avenue subway stop is part of his commute.

“I’ve been living in Astoria for about 15 years, and almost all of them, I’ve been commuting out of this subway station from various apartments,” he said.

The third time was not the charm for a billing pushed by both the New York state Assembly and Senate to address the state’s 178-year-old wrongful death statute.

New York is only on par with Alabama in terms of how the wrongful death statute is enacted, while 48 other states have taken to amending theirs.

Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair or avoid future damage from climate change.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Regular school attendance can be considered a cornerstone of academic achievement. However, reports across New York state and even the country have seen a significant increase in learning loss due to being chronically absent during the school year.

The phrase "80% of success is just showing up" may come across more clever than true. But it resonates strongly in light of reports of one in three students chronically absent from school districts across the state, according to the New York State Comptroller.

Manhattan is poised for a busy 2025, from the rollout of congestion pricing to the reopening of iconic cultural landmarks and changes in real estate.

Starting Jan. 5, drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street will face a congestion toll of at least $9 during most of the day, marking the start of New York’s long-anticipated congestion pricing program.

State Assembly and Senate leaders have rejected the MTA’s $65 billion capital plan, forcing negotiations with the Legislature when it reconvenes in January.

A letter from Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Leader Carl Heastie sent to MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on Tuesday, two days before the plan would have lapsed into approval.