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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul remains focused on making New York less expensive, easier to live in and easier to start a business in, all laid out in her State of the State speech. From the Egg performing arts center attached to the Empire State Plaza and the state Capitol, the governor ...