Legislators have expressed concern that criminalizing the act of wearing a mask with ill intent could lead to unequal ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to get New York’s $252 billion budget sewn up has been thwarted by pushback to her plan for ...

Albany lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill Tuesday as negotiations over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $252 billion budget plan ...

As New York’s budget deadline slips further, Gov. Kathy Hochul remains unfazed, defending her insistence on key policy ...

She’s in for the long haul. Gov. Kathy Hochul is willing to hold up the state’s spending plan “as long as it takes” to get ...

A $340.9 million emergency funding bill was approved to maintain state operations through Monday, including for National ...

Legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul have settled on a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools, a top priority for the ...

Kathy Hochul and Democrats who control the state Legislature have given themselves two extra days to negotiate the state budget after missing the deadline Tuesday to approve a new spending plan. The ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is holding up New York’s 2025 budget to push discovery reform and involuntary commitment changes. Here’s ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers will blow by a budget deadline Tuesday as negotiations hit an impasse over New York’s ...

The state Senate is trying to kill Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute push to crack down on masked protesters — out of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed three new laws to strengthen New York’s gun violence prevention efforts and keep New Yorkers safe.