Quick take: New York state budget winners and losers
For the fifth year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul is the big winner in the contest of wills…
POWER Checks: NY to send $1B in utility rebates
New York will send one-time “POWER checks” to millions of residents to help offset rising utility costs under…
Repair shops across New York seeing shortage in mechanics
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The trucking industry has struggled with a driver shortage, but another workforce gap is happening in…
Man sentenced in four Chinatown bludgeoning deaths
The man convicted of fatally beating four sleeping men with a metal bar during a rampage in Chinatown…
Affordable housing leaders weigh mayor’s proposal
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly unveiled housing plan is drawing both praise and skepticism as city leaders and housing…
Local group raising funds to bring ferry back to HV
A local group is looking to raise money to get the ferry service between Newburgh and Beacon back…
New York just lowered car insurance costs
On today’s “Morning People,” Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter discuss Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget bill aimed at lowering car insurance costs,…
N.Y. makes it a crime to block entry to a house of worship
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the…
Using generative AI in grade school classrooms
According to a report from Pew Research Center, people who say they have heard “a lot” about AI…
Looking at the past year of legal battles with ICE in NYC
Thursday marks one year since federal officials started mass deportation detentions at the federal immigration courthouse in Lower…
NY Capital Tonight: May 27, 2026
Prison reform advocates say Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t holding up her end of the bargain when it comes…
NY Commission of Correction lacks full staffing
Prison reform advocates say Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t holding up her end of the bargain when it comes…