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Congress voted to gut the safety net to fund tax cuts for the rich. Now what?

New York’s top leaders will need to make tough decisions in the coming months as they confront billions in lost federal funding for the state’s largest and oldest safety net programs. Last week, Congressional Republicans pulled an all nighter to narrowly pass the sweeping “One Big ...

Hochul press secretary resigns amid harassment accusations

ALBANY — Avi Small, Gov. Kathy. Hochul’s press secretary, has resigned from his position after allegations of sexual harassment were made against him. Confirmed by an official in her office, Small stepped down from his post on July 4. He’d been suspended from Hochul’s office since ...

Zohran Mamdani claimed victory over Cuomo

NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory over a wounded, but still formidable former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. Now he faces an equally tough task: Defeating Mayor Eric Adams and a Republican opponent — and maybe even Cuomo again — in the ...

Infighting erupts among Democrats after Mamdani stuns in New York City

NEW YORK — The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand nearly half a year into Donald Trump’s ...

Hochul seeks to build state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades

NEW YORK — New York’s governor on Monday proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the state’s power authority to develop an advanced, “zero-emission” facility in upstate New York that she hopes will help create a ...