ALBANY — For decades, a carveout in New York’s child labor laws allowed kids as young as 11 to legally partake in the time-honored tradition of a paper route. Flipping papers into suburban hedges, bicycling through snow squalls, dodging dogs and getting stiffed for tips became a rite of ...

UTICA (AP) — A New York corrections officer admitted in court Wednesday that he cleaned up bloodstains from an inmate whose fatal beating was captured on bodycam videos in an attempt to conceal evidence. Nicholas Gentile pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted tampering with ...

LONG LAKE — It’s official. Whitney Park is now up for sale, with a listed price of $125 million. The listing was first reported on Friday by the Wall Street Journal. The sprawling property encompasses 36,486.7 acres, according to the listing. The property’s sale is marketed by Four ...

RENSSELAER — Republicans in Washington are looking at making major changes to the SNAP and Medicaid programs as they work to cut the cost of running the federal government — changes that Sen. Charles E. Schumer says would devastate needy families and those most at risk of hunger or ...

LAKE PLACID — This village’s chance of hosting a third Olympics seems out of the question ... at least for now. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee received notification in mid-April that the Lake Placid-New York State’s Plan B bid to host the sliding events at the ...

Despite Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul’s pledge not to rehire any of the 2,000 corrections officers her administration fired in March at the end of a 22-day wildcat strike, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is moving to do just that for a limited number of ...