The 2025-2026 state spending plan is roughly a month late after weeks of haggling, particularly over the Governor’s marquee ...

Discovery reform issues are plaguing district attorney's offices across the state. In some cases, accused criminals walk free ...

District Attorney Michael E. McMahon has long advocated for changes to discovery in New York state, and now those changes are ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) unveiled her $254 billion state budget, including a number of controversial proposals mostly ...

She went on to say the new budget deal includes $45 million for the National Guard task force, $77 million to keep funding ...

The governor promised to make community college free for adults pursuing associate degrees in these industries.

The conceptual deal includes changes to the state’s discovery laws, a ban on phones in schools, a new criminal charge for ...

The Democratic governor persuaded lawmakers to lower the standard for involuntary commitment of mentally ill people.

New York State officials announced a tentative agreement Monday on a $254 billion budget that will prohibit most kids from ...

But Hochul has struggled to leverage her victories to boost her reputation with voters outside the gilded halls of the state ...

While neither Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins nor Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie had yet to join Hochul in ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders sealed a deal on a state budget Monday nearly a month after the deadline.