Solutions must promote transparency, fairness, and competition in the insurance marketplace while addressing the root causes of high costs — widespread insurance fraud, excessive administrative expenses, and inadequate oversight of the litigation-industrial complex.

The plan, if approved by state legislators later this year, would increase total funding assistance for schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties to $5.2 billion.

THIS YEAR’S HOUSING PLAN?: After last year’s controversial housing package, Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking a chill pill this year on that front: Her proposed $252 billion budget does little to address the state’s worsening housing crisis this year.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, an unabashed fan of the Buffalo Bills, was perhaps never more popular than on Sunday in downtown Albany.

By Cailin RileyBig changes could be on the horizon when it comes to student access to cellphones during the school day on the East End — and throughout the entire state — after Governor Kathy Hochul u

A winter storm is expected to bring three to five inches of snow to Long Island from Sunday into Monday, when many people will be off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has expressed concern about New York's long-term ability to financially prepare itself for increasing costs of Medicaid, education and economic uncertainties.

New investments of more than $100 million for projects located in certified Pro-Housing Communities were announced by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul.

Governor Hochul announces the expansion of Suffolk Crime Analysis Center, which now has increased size and staff to help fight crime.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging New Yorkers Sunday to take precautions as a combination of lake effect snow, winter storms and extreme cold are expected across the state this week.

More than 9.5 million people visited State Park in 2024, the second-highest attendance in the state, according to state officials. Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Monday that the state Office of Parks,

The county's only two-year college provides education to over 17,000 people. That number may expand under Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan for free community college