Terrell Eleby has been asking for his conviction to be reviewed since 2013. Now, he’s also fighting stage four cancer.

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Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron believe the pesticide is causing Parkinson’s disease and are demanding that New York ban it

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A New York school district is weighing whether to use an AI teaching assistant this fall. We interviewed "Sally" to see how it would interact with…

Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries. In an upstate town one resident calls “Parkinson’s Valley,” farmers are demanding New York follow suit.

Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.

An independent review found violence, weak oversight, outdated training, and dysfunction across New York’s prison system.

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The DSA made gains in New York despite super PACs spending $9.6 million in state legislative races — nearly five times the total from 2024.

The last-minute influx, the biggest ever for a legislative primary, boosts Jessica González-Rojas days before New York's primary election.

In May, state lawmakers passed a $269 billion budget after haggling for months over thousands of line items and policies affecting New Yorkers.

In May, state lawmakers passed a $269 billion budget after haggling for months over thousands of line items and policies affecting New Yorkers.

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Governor Kathy Hochul was successful in her bid to upend the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act after legislators caved to finalize an…

The populist Democrat has won four consecutive elections in a suburban New York Senate district with more registered Republicans than Democrats.

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A super PAC has spent six figures on the race over the last week — more than all the candidates had raised as of last month, combined.

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.