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Here are the basics on this year’s state budget agreement.
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Legislative leaders say they could call lawmakers back to Albany to deal with potential federal cuts.
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Tech companies will now have to issue disclaimers in New York that its AI companion chatbots are not human, and refer users who express suicidal thoughts to mental health hotlines. New York lawmakers are placing the safeguards on artificial intelligence chatbots as more people are turning to them for conversation and companionship.
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Manhattan Democrats want to thwart Musk’s plans for an “everything app.”
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Yeshivas, private schools would get up to seven more years to comply with education standards.
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The changes to the state’s prison system, made as part of ongoing budget negotiations for Hochul’s $254 billion fiscal plan, come in the wake of a three-week long prison strike in February that deepened existing staffing shortages and further revealed systemic issues in the management of its facilities.
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The man, identified in court papers as Dilbar Gul Dilbar, came to the United States with his family last year on a Special Immigrant Visa reserved for interpreters who assist the U.S. government.
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Assembly members who voted in favor of the measure reflected on their experiences caring for dying loved ones.
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President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was in Rochester today to meet with members of the Locust Club police union and others.
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A recently appointed interim U.S. attorney said he wants to sue companies to make them develop content-monitoring algorithms.
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The changes would allow candidates to match the first $250 of donations up to $1,000, making larger sums eligible for the matching funds program.