In her annual State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul had little to say about what’s in store for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers at risk of losing their public benefits this year. “While Washington takes a machete to our safety net, I’m doubling down on the ...

If 2025 was the year Gov. Kathy Hochul embraced “abundance” as the solution to New York’s woes — above all, the rising cost of living — 2026 is her year to show that she was just getting started. That is, at least, what Hochul vowed in her State of the State address on Tuesday, ...

UTICA — A New York prison guard who failed to intervene as he watched an inmate being beaten to death should be convicted of manslaughter, a prosecutor told a jury Thursday in the final trial of correctional officers whose pummeling, recorded by body-cameras, provoked outrage. “For ...

After pledging last year to put New York state “on a pathway” to universal child care, Gov. Kathy Hochul used this year’s State of the State address to lay out the roadmap to get there. “We want New York to be the number one place for anyone about to start a family and build their ...

“We will not allow the use of state resources to assist in federal immigration raids,” Gov. Kathy Hochul declared halfway through her 2026 State of the State address, bringing an auditorium of lawmakers to their feet for two consecutive standing ovations. Her statement came after she ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has been clear that she doesn’t want to raise taxes this year. “We’ve managed our money responsibly,” Hochul said during her State of the State address on Tuesday. “And that means we can make transformative investments in our future without raising taxes, without ...