In New York, though, turnout took a clear drop this year. Statewide turnout hovers just under 58 percent this year, down from ...

Former President Donald Trump swept four of the seven key swing states to win the presidency last night, and appears on track ...

After a lengthy appeal, Danskammer withdrew its permit application this past summer, in what many advocates saw as the nail ...

A state lawmaker wants New York to give $1,800 to new parents — and has a plan to get the federal government to pick up half the tab. His proposal comes as bipartisan interest is growing among state ...

Major new tech facilities aren't expected to overload the state’s grid — but NYC could fall short of power in the early 2030s ...

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A cop watched one evening in August 2014 as a teenage girl stepped out of the truck of his colleague, Joe O’Connell. A sergeant had asked the cop to monitor O’Connell’s interactions with the teenager ...

In January 2023, the mayor of the Village of Chester, in Orange County, received an anonymous letter from a village police officer about the police chief. The letter said that, starting in 2020, Chief ...