Mayor Eric Adams revealed Tuesday that Brianna Suggs is no longer fundraising for his reelection campaign, according to a source.

A source close to the campaign told NY1 Suggs is transitioning to a new role.

Last week's Thanksgiving dinners cost roughly 25% more this year than in 2019, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Those rising costs are leading to more people being food insecure here in New York.

On Tuesday, advocates made their way to the state Capitol to call for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign legislation that would ban so-called non-compete clauses for employees.

The bill’s Senate sponsor, Democratic state Sen. Sean Ryan, joined Capital Tonight to discuss the bill, respond to criticisms, and the latest on the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- After Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill overhauling New York state's wrongful death statute, the Legislature passed a new version of the bill with modifications to things like the statute of limitations and who can bring claims.

However, Lawsuit Reform Alliance of NY Executive Director Tom Stebbins believes it wasn't nearly enough.

There’s still no decision on whether the federal government will seek the death penalty for the man who shot and killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo Tops grocery store on May 14, 2022.

In a status conference Tuesday morning, prosecutors said the question of the death penalty has recently moved to the Office of the U.S. Deputy Attorney General. That’s the next step before it goes to the attorney general, who makes the final decision on seeking the death penalty. When that answer will come remains unknown.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is headed to New York this weekend to fundraise alongside the CEO of the world’s largest private equity firm for battleground congressional Republicans whose reelection will be key to preserving his majority.

Johnson, an unexpected unity candidate chosen by House Republicans after three weeks of leaderless chaos last month, is working quickly to show he can be an effective fundraiser. His immediate predecessor, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was prolific at filling his members’ coffers with donors’ cash — freshman Long Island Rep. Nick LaLota, whose district is closely divided, called McCarthy a “hall of famer” earlier this month.

A bill banning the use of neonicotinoids pesticide treated corn, wheat and soybean seeds awaits the signature of Gov. Kathy Hochul, but the New York Farm Bureau is making a final push for her to veto the legislation citing concerns about its impact on farmers.

“When we talk about seed treatments and especially this year with such a wet weather season, the pest pressures were very high and so farmers need seed treatments to control pests on their fields,” said Jeff Williams, director of public policy at the New York Farm Bureau.

When Deutsche Bank loaned Donald Trump's company hundreds of millions of dollars, the bank always followed its own guidelines that include checking out information that would-be borrowers provide, an executive testified Tuesday at the former president's civil fraud trial.

The loans — for projects in Florida, Chicago and Washington, D.C. — are a focus of New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit contending that Trump and his company deceived lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that baldly overstated his asset values and overall net worth. The defendants deny the allegations.

New York drivers who renewed their licenses during part of the coronavirus pandemic face license suspensions on Friday if they don’t submit vision tests, the state Department of Motor Vehicles warned.

Nearly 51,000 drivers statewide could have their licenses suspended, according to Newsday. The DMV urged drivers to submit the tests by Dec. 1 to avoid ramifications.

The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to decide as soon as this week whether to expel embattled Rep. George Santos.

Ahead of a potential vote, Santos acknowledged what could soon be his fate. “I know I'm going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor," he said.

With many regions already seeing measurable snow this season and lake-effect snow falling in Western New York on Monday, state officials said they are prepared for this year’s winter weather with new investments in infrastructure and manpower.

They said they are taking into account changing weather patterns associated with climate change as they develop strategies and programs geared toward managing New York’s winter weather. But they said thanks to several factors related to infrastructure funding in the 2023 budget, they feel better prepared this year than in winters past.

Thousands of sexual assault victims in New York did not file lawsuits against their abusers for many years, due not only to the trauma experienced but also because the statute of limitations ran out.

Then Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act into law in Nov. 2022.

Last December, New York’s first legal cannabis dispensary opened its doors in Greenwich Village. Now, close to a year later, there are still just 11 licensed dispensaries in the city and only 27 statewide.

That number could soon spike dramatically.

After announcing plans to resign his congressional seat earlier this month, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins announced that he will be the new president and CEO at Shea's Performing Arts Center in downtown Buffalo. Higgins will assume the new role beginning Feb. 5, 2024.

The Buffalo native has been in Congress since 2005. Higgins, who serves on the House Ways and Means and Budget committees, began his 10th term in January.

The New York Office of Cannabis Management on Monday took a step forward in ending a lawsuit waged by disabled veterans by approving a settlement agreement.

Cannabis market advocates are hopeful this can help boost a slow rollout.

New York's top doctor is concerned about the low number of residents who have received the latest COVID-19 vaccine with about 9.3% inoculated statewide, according to the state Health Department.

That compares to more than 70% of New Yorkers vaccinated against the coronavirus in summer 2021, or about seven months after the vaccine first became available, compared to today's rate of just over 9%, and about 25% of nursing home residents.

After a pugnacious first turn on the witness stand, former president Donald Trump plans to testify again next month in his civil fraud trial, his lawyers said Monday.

He is to return Dec. 11, defense attorney Christopher Kise said.

New York state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris is introducing a bill aimed to increase the transparency of New York's criminal courts following a report that shows a very small percentage of criminal court decisions are published, the senator announced Monday.

The report, from Reinvent Albany, and co-authored by Scrutinize, said at least 94% of written criminal court decisions in New York are not published and calls for decisions to be published online to improve public accountability.

A state senator is pushing for legislation to install changing tables in public places for adults with special needs.

Betty Williams must consider whether there will be access to changing tables each time she’s invited to an event.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being sued under the Adult Survivors Act by a former staffer.

Brittany Commisso said Cuomo retaliated against her after she refused to perform sexual acts and reported him for sexual harassment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed legislation that requires camps and youth sports programs to establish automated external defibrillator (AED) implementation plans and to have at least one person trained to properly use the AED at camps, games and practices.

The legislation was supported by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who in January collapsed on the field after going into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati against the Bengals.

The FBI has ended its investigation of a fiery car wreck that killed two people at a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls after finding no evidence that it was a terror attack, easing a period of high tensions as Americans headed into the Thanksgiving holiday.

The FBI’s decision late Wednesday came several hours after the vehicle raced through an intersection, hit a median and was launched through the air before slamming into a line of booths and exploding at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. Local police are now handling the case as a traffic investigation.

The Buffalo Field Office of the FBI says no explosive materials were found and that no terrorism nexus was identified relating to an incident Wednesday involving a vehicle that left two people dead on the Rainbow Bridge at the U.S.-Canada border crossing.

They add that they have concluded their investigation into the incident, and that the matter has been handed over to Niagara Falls Police as a traffic investigation.

Statewide voter turnout hovered between 20 and 30% across New York in local elections held earlier this month, but the state Association of Counties continues to fight against a proposed law headed to the governor's desk that would switch those races to even-numbered years — supporting a floated constitutional amendment instead.

The legislation — one of the significant measures of the 150-plus Gov. Kathy Hochul has not signed — would move most town and county elections to even-numbered years. Lawmakers passed the bill intending to align most local races with higher-profile federal and statewide contests that drive increased turnout.

Ahead of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and in the wake of the deadly incident on the Rainbow Bridge at the U.S.-Canada border crossing, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said on Wednesday that there are no credible threats at this time to New York City.

The briefing was held ahead of the anticipated 97th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, which usually expects thousands of New Yorkers and visitors across the world.

Before the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide whether she’ll approve or deny the passage of more than 150 bills into law.

That’s out of the 896 jointly passed by the state Senate and Assembly as of last June.

Sales of homes across New York dipped once again in October.

That’s according to the housing report released Wednesday by the New York State Association of REALTORS® and comes as interest rates inched closer to 8%.

The New York state Department of Transportation has launched its first-ever podcast.

“The D.O.T. P.O.D.,” aims to share the human story of the department, its people and the work that is done to help keep New Yorkers safe.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill into law that aims to provide protections for freelance workers experiencing non-payment for their services, the governor's office said Wednesday.

The “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act establishes a right to a written contract with certain terms, timely and full payment and protection from retaliation and discrimination for exercising these rights.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Students for Justice in Palestine is a group that has drawn significant controversy since Oct. 7 when Hamas launched an attack on Israel.

It has chapters in colleges and universities across the country, and state Assemblymember Ari Brown said as a Jewish-American, the organization's messaging is deeply concerning.

As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its seventh week, and amid a sharp rise in hate crimes across New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday laid out a plan to combat online extremism.

“I wish I could tell you these concerns are misplaced. But tragically the data all across America is showing that hate crimes have surged in the last six weeks," she said.

During his press briefing, Mayor Eric Adams answered a new round of questions about the federal probe into his campaign fundraising.

Fielding questions from reporters Tuesday, Adams said he’ll provide details on every trip he’s taken to Turkey saying, “We’ll give you the complete list."

Both lawmakers who sponsored the Adult Survivors Act, or the law that created a one-year period for adult survivors of past sexual assault to file a case against their abuser, say they support extending the lookback period an additional year next session.

Sponsors Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, both Manhattan Democrats, say they'll also explore a permanent change to New York's statute of limitations for sexual assault.

Nonprofit Empire Center is looking into how union influence can impact the makeup of your local board of education.

They say those organizations, and the more than 5,000 mostly unpaid volunteers serving on them, have broad responsibility for public school governance in New York to oversee nearly $50 billion in budgeted expenditures. Across 676 elected school boards, they say these expenses are driven primarily by personnel costs, especially those shaped by contract negotiations with unions.

New Yorkers say things are heading in the wrong direction, according to a new Marist poll.

The poll released Tuesday found that 59% of New York state residents think the quality of life in New York has gotten worse during the past year, while 11% say it has gotten better, and 30% believe it has remained the same. That downhill slide was perceived by 46% of Democrats, 78% of Republicans and 67% of non-enrolled voters.

An Oneida County farmer is running as a Democrat in the race for New York's 22nd Congressional District.

Jacob Addington grew up in Sauquoit and is a Marine Corps veteran. He is currently a green bean and dairy farmer.

Unaffiliated voters make up more than 3 million of New York's registered voters. Advocacy group Common Cause NY recently conducted a study to understand who these voters are, where they are and how they can be better served by New York's election process.

"The idea is to ground a detailed and serious discussion with actual facts and data,” said Executive Director Susan Lerner.

Former President Donald Trump's legal team continued its defense Monday in his civil fraud trial after Trump told voters over the weekend in Iowa that he think's he is going to win his case.

Speaking during a presidential campaign stop, Trump criticized the judge overseeing his civil fraud case, saying that "we have a judge who's a Democrat club politician."

A state lawmaker from Brooklyn has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti.

The lawsuit, filed Friday, accuses Sen. Kevin Parker of assaulting her in 2004, during his first term. The woman said she had been working with Parker to coordinate the delivery of items and donations to Haiti after a devastating flood that affected the country and other neighboring Caribbean Islands.

A New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or sitting, kneeling, or standing on someone's torso during an arrest was upheld Monday by the state's highest court.

The law, passed after the death of George Floyd, had been challenged by police unions that said the new rules about compressing a person's torso were vague and would lead to too much second-guessing of officers involved in physical struggles.

Lawmakers and business leaders are growing more urgent as they push Gov. Kathy Hochul to decide what to do with legislation to ban noncompete agreements as the governor has grown heavy-handed with her veto pen in the last few days, rejecting several measures as the end of the year approaches.

Hochul has until the end of the year to consider a bill that would make noncompete clauses a thing of the past in New York. If signed, it would change state labor law to bar noncompetes, or provisions in employment contracts that restrict where a person can work after their employment ends.

The sponsor of legislation that would significantly expand New York's wrongful death statute said he is open to compromising with the governor's office to make sure it finally becomes a law.

The flexibility of state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, D-Manhattan, does appear to have limits though. The Legislature has passed what advocates call the "Grieving Families Act" with bipartisan support each of the last two sessions.

As U.S. airlines get ready for what the TSA expects to be the busiest holiday travel season ever, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says they need to make it easier for parents to sit near their children.

At the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport on Monday, Schumer unveiled the Families Fly Together Act.

A state rental assistance program has distributed close to $95 million in funding to help nearly 15,000 New York City Housing Authority households pay off their overdue rent, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.

Their announcement came months after Hochul and state legislators inked a budget deal that included $391 million in funds dedicated to rental arrears assistance across the state.

According to the national K-12 School Shooting Database, there have been 306 school shootings in 2023, which has surpassed the record-breaking number of 305 from last year. To try to increase safety for children, many districts have turned to school resource officers for an extra layer of protection on school grounds.

Officer Aaron Moore is one of them.

Almost three-quarters of New Yorkers who participated in a Siena Research Institute poll said Jews in New York are experiencing antisemitism, with 75% saying it has only increased since the October 7 Hamas attacks.

The poll of registered New York voters, released Monday morning, also shows 62% of respondents say Muslims in the state are experiencing Islamophobia, with 59% saying it's increased since Oct. 7.

For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former President Donald Trump, hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and the comedian and actor Russell Brand.

But when the Adult Survivors Act expires after Thanksgiving, it also will have led to a multitude of legal claims by women who say they were sexually abused while serving time in New York’s prisons and jails.

Some lawmakers worry eliminating the state's Regents exams could pose a detriment to New York's educational standards — a debate that's likely to be politically charged next session as the Legislature will consider several Board of Regents vacancies, appointing several people who will make the ultimate decision to change the state's graduation requirements.

Doing away with Regents diplomas, and rolling back the standardized exams required for high school students since the 1990s, were among the top recommendations the Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures announced this week with state Education Department leaders.

While there are more than 350 days until the 2024 election, it's never too early to check in on the movers and shakers in New York politics.

State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox joined Capital Tonight to discuss how the party is preparing for the next election cycle and redistricting in the Empire State.

Earlier this week, the State University of New York system put out its fall enrollment numbers, showing an increase in overall enrollment for the first time in 10 years.

Additionally, first-time enrollment is up more than 4% across all campuses.

New York's Cannabis Control Board had plans Friday to vote on settlements for two lawsuits that for several months have kept roughly 400 dispensary licensees from opening their doors.

But the board removed the item from its agenda at the beginning of its meeting.

“When New York is under attack. What do we do? Stand up and fight back!" That was the chant of community leaders and elected officials in front of City Hall on Friday.

Fallout over the mayor’s recent round of budget cuts has been swift.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown says he's "strongly considering" a run for New York's 26th Congressional District.

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins announced over the weekend he will be resigning in February and state Sen. Tim Kennedy kicked off his campaign for the office two days later.

A New York judge on Friday denied former President Donald Trump's request for a mistrial in the civil business fraud case against him, calling the arguments for such a motion "utterly without merit."

In a filing earlier this week, Trump's attorneys argued that the judge overseeing the trial, New York State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron, is biased against the former president. They cited his rulings against their client, the prominent role of the judge’s chief law clerk, the clerk's political donations and the judge's sharing of articles about the case with fellow alumni of his high school.

Mississippi Rep. Michael Guest, the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee, filed a motion Friday to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress one day after his panel released a scathing report which found “substantial evidence” of wrongdoing by the embattled New York Republican.

"The evidence uncovered in the Ethics Committee’s Investigative Subcommittee investigation is more than sufficient to warrant punishment and the most appropriate punishment, is expulsion,” Guest said in a statement Friday. “So, separate from the Committee process and my role as Chairman, I have filed an expulsion resolution.”

The 2018 Farm Bill has been extended through 2024, which will avoid issues that would upend the dairy industry, but advocates say a new bill is needed as soon as possible given rising costs farmers face.

“It’s better than the alternative, but we’re still encouraging lawmakers to not wait another year. Let’s try and get this done early next year to provide some certainty for our farmers and to address some of the issues that they have experienced over the last four years,” New York Farm Bureau spokesperson Steve Ammerman said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Friday to assist New Yorkers in understanding proposed constitutional amendments and other questions that are put on voters’ ballots in New York state.

The legislation states that any proposed amendments or other ballot measures must be explained using language that is “plain and clear," allowing voters to fully grasp the practical impact of adopting or rejecting the measure being proposed to them.

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Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on Friday called for the expulsion of fellow Republican Rep. George Santos, a day after the House Ethics Committee released a report that found “substantial evidence” of misconduct by the embattled congressman.

Appearing on "Mornings On 1," Malliotakis expressed concern over the findings, saying the report showed “really egregious uses of campaign donors’ money.”

A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial was temporarily lifted Thursday by an appellate judge who raised free speech concerns.

Judge David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court issued what’s known as a stay — suspending the gag order and allowing the former president to speak freely about court staff while a longer appeals process plays out.

As criminal justice advocates celebrate Thursday's signing of the Clean Slate Act to seal New Yorkers' past criminal records, Republican lawmakers and some prosecutors are raising concerns about its potential consequences.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law Thursday morning at the Brooklyn Museum. The long-debated legislation will automatically seal a person's criminal records three years after the end of the prison sentence for a misdemeanor, and eight years for most felony records.

The four House of Representatives seats that Republicans picked up in New York in 2022 helped them create their slim majority of five to control the chamber.

In an effort to swing the House back into the Democratic column, a new group, Battleground NY, has formed to turn swing districts held by Republicans blue.

New York state Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Capital Region, joined Capital Tonight to discuss his call for a renewal of the Stretch Limousine Passenger Safety Task Force, which was created after the 2018 Schoharie limo crash which claimed 20 lives.

The New York state Office of Mental Health is taking steps to prevent suicide.

The office Thursday reconvened the suicide prevention task force to enhance statewide prevention efforts with a renewed focus on helping at-risk populations. That includes communities of color disproportionally impacted by suicide or suicidal ideation. Established in partnership with the Office of Mental Health's Suicide Prevention Center of New York, the task force will build on existing prevention efforts and explore the mental health challenges laid bare during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two New York state senators are introducing legislation to create a new school safety position.

State Sen. Jake Ashby (R,C-Castleton) and Assemblyman Scott Bendett (R,C-Sand Lake) have teamed up on legislation to create a certification program for a school safety specialist position at schools across the state.

A recount in the unresolved race for Cheektowaga town supervisor is set for next week.

After counting all ballots, including affidavits and absentees, the unofficial results from the Erie County Board of Elections show Democrat Brian Nowak with 9,038 votes and Republican Michael Jasinski with 8,981 votes.

The House Ethics Committee released its long-awaited report on its investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Thursday.

The panel found that there is "substantial evidence" of wrongdoing from the freshman congressman, which will almost certainly result in another attempt to expel him from the House of Representatives.

The number of private sector jobs in New York state decreased over the month of October by 10,300, or 0.1%, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor.

The number of private sector jobs stands at 8,252,000.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law a long-debated bill to automatically seal the criminal records of millions of New Yorkers a certain period after their release, she announced Thursday.

Known as the Clean Slate Act, the law will automatically seal criminal records for about 2.3 million New Yorkers three years after sentencing for a misdemeanor and eight years after a person is released from prison for a felony conviction. It does not apply to class A felonies or crimes that required a person to register as a sex offender.

Two Hudson Valley congressmen introduced a bill to permanently ban additional barge anchorages on the Hudson River.

The Hudson River Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Pat Ryan, D-NY-18, and Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-NY-19, would amend the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act to ban "additional anchorages once and for all", according to a press release from Molinaro's office.

Proposed legislation looks to improve safety and transparency in New York's limousine industry, according to a statement from Gov. Kathy Hochul's office.

The proposal released Thursday, which follows recommendations from the Stretch Limousine Passenger Safety Task Force, would stiffen fines for driving suspended stretch limos; require stronger safety features for the limos; limit the vehicles' years and/or miles on the road; require pre-ride safety briefings; and improve the availability of data on limo operators.

Lawmakers next session will consider strengthening regulations and medical protections for sperm and egg donors, surrogate mothers, their children and the intended parents.

Sen. Liz Krueger introduced legislation this week improve the legal framework for gestational surrogacy in New York, which became legal in the state in 2021. She says the legal and medical protections created under the Child-Parent Security Act don't go far enough.

Potential budget cuts that Mayor Eric Adams ordered back in September are set to impact the police and sanitation departments, as well as asylum seekers, NY1 has learned.

The November financial plan is due Thursday. It is a normal part of the city budgeting process, in which the city and agencies assess their spending projectons with actual costs.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday the elimination of New York’s years long certification backlog for minority and women-owned business enterprises.

This comes after an $11 million investment in the 2023 budget to improve the certification efficiency.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The seven-judge panel that makes up the New York state Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday about whether to allow the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) another chance to draw new congressional lines.

An independent special master drew the lines with judicial oversight prior to the 2022 elections after the state's highest court concluded the IRC had failed to fulfill its constitutional duty. It also ruled there was evidence the map the state Legislature ultimately drew was gerrymandered.

State lawmakers want to establish a commission charged with improving the quality of life for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in New York. The issue was highlighted Wednesday by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.

Should the commission form, its members would look at community, economic and social well-being, health and education. Advocates welcomed the news.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday that her office is suing PepsiCo over alleged plastic pollution.

In a complaint filed in Erie County Supreme Court, James accused the company of causing a public nuisance and failure to warn consumers of the potential environmental and health risks of its packaging, citing plastic pollution in the Buffalo River as an example.

For the first time in a decade, enrollment across the State University of New York campus system increased over the course of one year, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Wednesday.

Enrollment between fall 2022 and fall 2023 increased 1.1%, for a total of 367,542 more students. That's the first year-to-year increase in ten years.

Donald Trump has given up on his monthslong fight to move his New York hush-money criminal case to federal court, agreeing to proceed in a state court that he contends is "very unfair" to him.

The former president's lawyers said in court papers Wednesday that they were dropping an appeal that sought to have a Manhattan federal court take control of the case, which is one of four criminal indictments against him.

A group of New York service-disabled military veterans suing New York's Office of Cannabis Management's Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries program appear to be close to reaching a settlement with the state.

In a motion filed Monday, Brian T. Burns, counsel for the plaintiffs, said the parties had reached an agreement in principle.

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump filed a motion on Wednesday requesting a mistrial in his New York civil business fraud case, alleging that the judge in the trial is biased against him.

"The evidence of apparent and actual bias is tangible and overwhelming," the 30-page filing reads. "Such evidence, coupled with an unprecedented departure from standard judicial procedure, has tainted these proceedings and a mistrial is warranted."

The New York state Department of Health issued a standing order Wednesday that would allow pharmacists to administer the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine to those 60 and older and pregnant people without a separate prescription from their physician, DOH Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said.

“This updated standing order expands access to the RSV vaccine, allowing pregnant people to protect their unborn child from RSV and also allows older adults to protect themselves, all with a simple trip to the pharmacy for the vaccine,” McDonald said in a statement Wednesday. “As RSV can cause serious illness in infants and older adults, I strongly encourage all who are eligible to get the shot now to protect their own health and their loved ones.”

Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, said joining a bipartisan vote to avert a government shutdown was "the responsible thing to do."

“We need to keep the government open particularly at this critical time, where we are seeing our major ally at war. We are seeing threats grow here at home,” she said Wednesday in an interview on "Mornings On 1." “It's also right before the holidays. I mean, to tell our federal employees and military personnel they won't receive paychecks – I don't think there's a big appetite for that.”

New Yorkers headed to Washington, D.C. by the busload Tuesday, joining a sea of demonstrators on the National Mall for what was billed as a “March for Israel.”

At that march, they expressed their solidarity with Israel following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, and called for an end to anti-semitism.

New York's fiscal leaders on Tuesday said they want to steer clear of increasing taxes and rolling back increased state funding for education and health care services as they prepare to combat a $4.3 billion budget deficit next year.

State budget Director Blake Washington led the earliest spending talks Tuesday at the annual quickstart budget meeting — which includes Senate, Assembly and state Comptroller's office staffers — to reach consensus on the state's updated financial estimates. The state Budget Division is slated to publish updated revenue and spending estimates Wednesday on its website.

It’s been over a month since Gov. Kathy Hochul cheered the fruits of her labor–personally lobbying the White House for months to lift restrictions faced by migrants who want to work legally in New York.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas decided Venezuelan migrants faced abnormally dangerous conditions in their home country — granting a group of them the ability to apply for a reauthorized “temporary protected status.”

On Tuesday, many reporters were hoping to finally hear Mayor Eric Adams discuss at length news that broke last week that his phones and iPad had been seized by the FBI.

But it was City Hall Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg that took many of the questions.

After nearly four years of work, New York's Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures has released its report and recommendations for changing the requirements needed to obtain a high school diploma.

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa and Angelique Johnson-Dingle, the deputy commissioner for P-12 Instructional Support, joined Capital Tonight Tuesday discuss the recommendations.

For most states, the process of redistricting began with the 2020 Census, followed by months of elected leaders or political groups reconfiguring congressional and state legislative boundaries in time for the 2022 elections.

New York’s redistricting process though has been anything but routine and remains ongoing. On Wednesday, the state’s highest court — the state Court of Appeals — will begin hearing arguments — again — on whether the state’s congressional lines should — again — be redrawn.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New York state Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo, said his focus for the coming year is entirely on a run for Congress.

Kennedy officially launched his campaign and filed with the Federal Elections Commission Tuesday for New York's 26th Congressional District. As incumbent Rep. Brian Higgins plans to step down in February, Kennedy said he's already asked party leadership not only for their endorsement in a primary but the Democratic designation for an expected special election.

New York is taking steps to protect people from deed theft.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday to shield New Yorkers from the practice in which property owners are defrauded out of the property titles to their homes.

The New York State Parks and Recreation Department needs new boats, but a multimillion-dollar contract is headed to the west coast, leaving some boat builders in the North Country upset.

Spectrum News 1 looked into if the state agency wrongfully disqualify a Northern New York company from winning the bid to build them.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation during a Tuesday evening ceremony that made Diwali a school holiday for city public schools.

The law mandates all city public schools close on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar each year, also known as Diwali.

Jeffrey A. Matteson has been appointed senior deputy commissioner for education policy, the New York state Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced Tuesday.

Matteson has been tapped to oversee the Office of P-12 Education and the Office of Higher Education, while also serving as a member of the commissioner’s leadership team assisting in achieving the strategic goals of the state Education Department.

A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal wire fraud charge, admitting he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while raising campaign cash for the embattled New York Republican.

Sam Miele was caught soliciting donations in late 2021 under the alias Dan Meyer, who was then chief of staff for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, when the former House speaker was the Republican minority leader, according to Santos. Federal authorities still have not confirmed that Meyer was the aide who Miele impersonated.