ALBANY — A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation. The 6-1 ruling from the state Court of Appeals affirmed lower courts in finding that the voting ...

Zaineb Salem was surprised to learn in April 2022 that she was no longer eligible for the cash assistance she’d been receiving from New York state. Salem, who has two young children, was not working at the time, because she was taking care of her disabled mother and undergoing mental health ...

This month, more than a million New Yorkers with children are receiving checks in the mail from the state. The payments of up to $330 are a one-time supplement to the state’s child tax credit, passed as part of the state budget negotiated by the legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul this ...

CENTRAL ISLIP — George Santos, who spun lies about his life into an 11-month stint in Congress, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a case that led to his expulsion from office and the admission that he’d allowed ambition to cloud his judgment. The former ...

It may seem like ancient history, but 2023 was supposed to be New York’s “year of housing.” For months, Albany seemed poised to finally address the state’s long simmering crisis of high rents, unaffordable mortgages, and homelessness. Instead, in early June last year, the legislative ...

Property owners whose homes were damaged by last week’s storms in a handful of upstate counties can apply for up to $50,000 for repairs. On Sunday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that grants of up to $50,000 will be available from the state Division of Homes and Community Renewal for ...