New York state lawmakers from across the political spectrum said Gov. Kathy Hochul should be prepared to pick up the full tab for food assistance benefits that are in limbo due to…
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New York State Explores Sending Students Home with Food as SNAP Delay Looms
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that she’s exploring whether the state can send schoolchildren home with meals as the ongoing federal shutdown threatens next month’s food assistance benefits. Hochul, a…
New York AG Says Justice System Being Used as “Revenge” at Court Appearance
New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a mortgage fraud case related to a property she purchased in 2020 in Norfolk’s Fairmount Park neighborhood. James appeared…
Gov. Hochul Announces Additional Funds for Already Ambitious State Road Plan
By the end of 2027, an estimated 4,000 miles will have received repairs and improvements as part of a $34 billion, five-year Department of Transportation infrastructure project. Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking in…
Guard Found Guilty in Beating Death of NY Prisoner Robert Brooks, 2 Others Acquitted
A former New York state corrections officer was found guilty Monday of murdering prisoner Robert Brooks last year, but two other guards were acquitted of second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault charges, according…
The Moral Debate Over Death Facing NY Gov. Hochul
Jules Netherland sent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul a handwritten greeting card earlier this year asking for the right to end her own life, on her own terms. Netherland, a 58-year-old from…
Gov. Hochul Seeks to Water Down NY Prison Oversight Bill, Advocates Say
By Jimmy Vielkind/New York Public News Network Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to water down legislation that would bulk up oversight of New York’s corrections system, advocates said, just as three correction…
Federal Order Fast-Tracks SNAP Work Requirements in New York, Cutting Off Thousands
Big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are coming to New York sooner than expected. The work requirements were part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,”…
Even-Year Elections Are Coming to New York’s Towns, Counties
New York state’s top court upheld a law moving many town- and county-level elections to even-numbered years, a ruling that could potentially pave the way for New York City and other jurisdictions…