Though meeting since 2024, the commission chairperson noted many are just learning that there is a state commission looking at a pathway for reparations.

At the immigration detention center in Batavia, the average daily count of detainees reached a peak this fiscal year. But that figure came as non-criminal detainees increase by 60%, and now make up 83% of the total population.

The state is hiring an organization to develop extended reality exhibits around some of the shipwrecks in the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.

Hochul’s new proposal would funnel an extra $10 million to Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. Buffalo would receive a total of $40 million in extra funds as it contends with a structural deficit.

State Sen. Jeremy Cooney said he's committed to working on standalone autonomous vehicle legislation outside of the budget process.

Critics say the New York governor’s proposed ban is an unlawful restriction of free speech.

During the 100th anniversary of what is now known as Black History Month, lawmakers of color in Albany are highlighting key priorities for this legislative session.

State Senator Jeremy Cooney is sponsoring a bill that would let employees set aside some of their pre-tax earnings to use toward qualified transportation expenses as a fringe benefit, as long as their employers opt in.

Taxpayers spent $1 billion on the facility that Elon Musk’s company rents for $1 a year.

“In the words of Rihanna, we're just asking to be paid what we're owed,” Rochester Mayor Malik Evans told lawmakers.