TUPPER LAKE — Several residents at Monday’s town board meeting raised concerns about the town’s assessment practices and appearances of impropriety. Ron LaScala, a former village trustee, also spoke on a separate matter pertaining to code enforcement — or, as he views it, the lack ...
SARANAC LAKE — The race to fill two open trustee seats on the village board is now a contested one, with town Councilman Jeremy Evans being the third candidate to announce he will be seeking the Democratic line on the ballot for the March 18 election. Evans’ announcement on Thursday ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...