Assemblyman Pat Burke apologized for his characterization of a bill that would close what advocates consider a loophole in the state’s laws against rape and sexual assault.

Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca, who has repeatedly criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration, is hosting a fundraiser Monday for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman at the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, both agree that New Yorkers face an affordability crisis. Where they differ is in how each would h...

Assemblyman Pat Burke apologized for his characterization of a bill that would close what advocates consider a loophole in the state’s laws against rape and sexual assault.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, both agree that New Yorkers face an affordability crisis. Where they differ is in how each would h...

Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca, who has repeatedly criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration, is hosting a fundraiser Monday for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman at the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed on Friday Attorney General Letitia James to investigate reported gang rape of a 20-year-old woman at a Cornell University fraternity house in 2024.

Gov. Kathy Hochul believes an outside attorney should review how Cornell University handled accusations by a 20-year-old female student that she was drugged and raped by seven fraternity brothers in 2...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law this week that will offer state incentives for commercial landscapers to purchase electric mowers and lawn tools instead of gasoline-powered equipment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul believes an outside attorney should review how Cornell University handled accusations by a 20-year-old female student that she was drugged and raped by seven fraternity brothers in 2...

With less than six weeks left before Election Day, Republican Bruce Blakeman and Democrat Kathy Hochul's contrasting positions on immigration represent arguably their area of starkest disagreement.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will visit Buffalo on Thursday and meet with Mayor Sean Ryan in a plan to stir inactive Democratic voters to head to the voting booths in November.

Half the voters sampled in a new Siena University poll said they would vote to re-elect Gov. Kathy Hochul, but her lead over Republican Bruce Blakeman shrunk slightly.

Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes billed the state nearly $12,000 for the cost of state vehicles over a one-year period while racking up separate travel and lodging expenses.

Public records provide a closer look at how Erie County legislators spend their time and carry out a part-time elected job.

I was home to cover state primary elections. I had no idea the summer would soon end horrifically, taking close to 3,000 lives that day and changing the world forever, Robert Gavin writes.

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Prekindergarten seats will be available in 100 school districts in Western New York and the Finger Lakes regions this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday said the state will consider challenging the decision of a federal judge who tossed the state's Climate Change Superfund Act.

Licensed hunters in Niagara County will be allowed to continue to use rifles to hunt big game – such as bear and deer – under a bill Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law on Friday.

The state will increase aid to rape crisis and other victim services by $36 million following an outcry from providers, advocates and lawmakers that critical programs were being shortchanged, Gov. Kat...

Guests staying at lodging locations in the towns of Amherst and Lancaster, the City of Batavia and Village of Ellicottville will pay new motel occupancy taxes under bills Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed ...

The union that represents New York's public school teachers has endorsed 190 candidates for the State Legislature this fall, but it took no position on seven races in Western New York.

WNY lawmakers travel more than four hours to reach the State Capitol, the seat of state government. Had the suspected terror plot of an Albany woman come to fruition, they might not have come back ali...

A woman who reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS planned to unleash a terrorist bomb attack on the State Capitol and massacre senators before her suspected plot was thwarted, federal prosecutors said...

YouTube video by Bruce Blakeman

One sexual assault services program in Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Livingston and Monroe counties said it's facing a 49% reduction in its funding, even as demands for their services have increased.

One sexual assault services program in Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Livingston and Monroe counties said it's facing a 49% reduction in its funding, even as demands for their services have increased.

A Siena University poll released Wednesday showed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman trailing Gov. Kathy Hochul by 10 percentage points in the first sampling of likely New York State gubernatorial...

Nurul Amin Shah Alam was picked up from Erie County jail by border patrol and dropped in freezing temperatures outside a closed restaurant. He was found dead five days later.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who has repeatedly bragged about making his county the safest in America, scoffed Wednesday at statistics that showed crime increased under his watch compared t...

A prison watchdog association wants Inspector General Lucy Lang and an independent agency to investigate claims that Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility inmates were subjected to abuse,...