Paid sick leave for New Yorkers with COVID-19 may come to an end later this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul this year proposed to sunset the existing COVID-19 Sick Leave Law, which went into effect in 2020, in her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. The law requires state employers to provide at least ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. The federal tax collector said Monday that roughly 940,000 people in the U.S. have until May 17 to submit tax returns for unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, which total more than ...
The anniversary of Daniel Prude’s death after a 2020 encounter with Rochester police has prompted a renewed push for legislation to change how New Yorkers in the throes of a mental-health or substance-abuse crisis are treated. Lawmakers proposed a bill named for Prude in 2021 that would ...
More than 15,000 people work as correction officers in prisons around New York State. For decades, those jobs have been some of the most sought-after in law enforcement, offering good pay and long-term benefits. But the prison landscape in New York is changing. Fewer people are incarcerated, ...
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul this week reminded drivers that New York’s Move Over Law will soon be expanded to include all vehicles, which will improve highway safety for everyone. Starting Wednesday, March 27, drivers will be required to take precautions, including slowing down and ...
NEW YORK — Elected officials and the Empire State Local News Coalition, a statewide advocacy group of more than 150 local news outlets, rallied at the New York State Capitol on Wednesday in support of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. The “industry-saving bill,” sponsored by ...