ALBANY — State lawmakers changed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sweeping broadened authority granted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by passing a bill Friday evening, after legislators clashed for hours in a special session and said the governor lied this week about helping to negotiate the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health department confirmed reports late Thursday that members of his COVID-19 task force altered a state Health Department report to omit the full number of nursing home patients killed by the coronavirus, but insisted the changes were made because of ...

It was Andrew Cuomo's Emmy-winning performance: daily televised coronavirus briefings in which the New York governor projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation. Now, the many Americans whose positive impressions of Cuomo were formed during the height of the ...

ALBANY — “Finally” was state Sen. Dan Stec’s first reaction when New York’s legislative majority leaders announced plans Tuesday to remove the emergency powers lawmakers gave Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, though, Stec says their bill doesn’t cut it. In ...

ALBANY — Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed Wednesday on the significance of a new measure to curb the emergency powers ceded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo a year ago to manage the state’s response to the pandemic. At least 14 times this year, the GOP legislators tried without ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York will loosen restrictions on private gatherings and clear the way for some public performances that have been banned for nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Arts and entertainment venues will be allowed to open ...