The Republican primary for an open seat in the 21st Congressional District has quickly become testy, with Anthony Constantino criticizing Robert Smullen over Smullen’s arrest in 2018 for tax evasion. “We can’t replace Elise Stefanik with someone who was arrested for felony tax ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to do more to keep kids safe online, and this year will push for legislators in Albany to enact broad new restrictions on how online platforms can make children’s accounts available for interaction and expand age verification requirements. At an event in Erie County ...
For the first time since she took office in 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul won’t be taking a stack of unsigned bills with her into the Christmas holiday. This year, she has already either signed or vetoed all but two of the 856 bills that passed the state legislature. (One of them is the ...
NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city’s striving, struggling working class. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned ...
NEW YORK — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a ...
ALBANY — Kratom; it’s sold at gas stations, convenience stores and the ever-growing number of smoke shops across New York state, often marketed as a natural herbal supplement. But those products could be extremely dangerous, and state officials have taken their first step at reeling in ...