Democrats resurged across the country on Tuesday, and New York was no exception. Voters didn’t just elect a socialist mayor in New York City. They also voted in progressive candidates in several of the state’s largest cities, flipped county legislatures blue, and chose a new Democratic ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking the 500 members of the Empire State Service Corps on SUNY campuses statewide to step up and focus their public service efforts on helping to provide food aid as the unprecedented pause in SNAP benefits drags on. On Thursday, the governor formally urged ...

NEW YORK — For many years, New York voters have found candidates listed twice, three times or even more on their ballots when they go to the polling booth. It isn’t an error — it’s a practice known as fusion voting that allows candidates to appear under multiple political ...

WASHINGTON — The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month. Millions of people stand to lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire and there are few real talks between ...

Organ donors in New York can now get their costs paid by the state, thanks to a first-in-the-nation program that could save dozens of lives a year. Last Thursday, the state health department announced that it is launching the Living Donor Support Program, which will reimburse organ donors ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani rallied supporters Sunday with heavyweight support from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the race enters its final stretch, telling a raucous crowd that his campaign is a “movement of the ...