ALBANY — In New York state, it is legal to pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage in programs once known as “sheltered workshops,” but the system is slowly being phased out, and it’s facing criticism from some elected officials who want to see sub-minimum wage pay completely ...
ALBANY — Legislators at the New York State Capitol began voting on bills for the late state budget on Thursday and were still voting on them as of press time Friday evening. They expected that a fiscal plan would be finalized by this morning. Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, ...
ALBANY — Legislators at the New York State Capitol have begun voting on bills for the late state budget and expect that a fiscal plan may be finalized by Saturday, April 20. Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, said shortly before 9 a.m. Friday that the Assembly had passed four of ...
ALBANY (AP) — New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measures unveiled Thursday. The state Assembly passed the measures Thursday, which are part of the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, admitted to one felony count of ...
NEW YORK — Two jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial were dismissed Thursday, one after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair following disclosure of details about her identity and the other over concerns that some of his answers in court may have been inaccurate. The ...