NEW YORK — From the moment he resigned as New York’s governor, people have speculated that it was only a matter of time before Andrew Cuomo would try to barge his way back into politics. That day came Saturday, when the Democrat announced he was running for mayor of New York ...

ALBANY — Some of America’s governors — mostly Democrats — have a message for the wave of fired federal workers: We want you. The governors are welcoming former federal staffers who lost their jobs in the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting agenda to apply for government ...

A horse that fell through the ice of an upstate New York pond was saved by rescuers who pulled together to free the animal from the frigid water. Body-camera footage from responding officers shows the team of Saratoga Springs police and neighbors grunting and straining to pull Sly, a 1,300 ...

ALBANY — The families of striking corrections officers paid the state Capitol a visit Monday, meeting with Republican lawmakers and reiterating their demands that state leaders make significant, permanent changes to laws regulating prisons and punishments used in them. Since Monday, Feb. ...

ALBANY — A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her handpicked lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, has boiled over after months of discord between the two Democrats culminated in what looked like a big breakup. Delgado, who was appointed by Hochul in 2022 after her ...

COXSACKIE — A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike. Jonathon Grant, who was serving a 34-to-40-year sentence for rape and burglary, was ...