State lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend a COVID-19 emergency eviction moratorium until Jan. 15, in a rare off-season meeting of the Senate and Assembly. Members descended onto the state Capitol in a special session called…
Andrew Cuomo didn’t just lose his job this week. The disgraced ex-New York governor also lost his Emmy Award. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences issued a statement saying it had stripped Cuomo…
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has announced several technical changes related to New York State’s largest public-sector retirement system. The maneuvers, he said, are expected to result in overall taxpayer savings, beginning with the 2022-23 budget cycle….
Four of the 13 servicemen and women killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, were from California, the most of any state. The fourth U.S. Marine from California reported to be killed is 23-year-old Sacramento native, Marine Corps Sergeant…
Calling Sunday night’s breakdown unprecedented and unacceptable, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to New York City subway users to find out what caused the chain reaction of events that led to more than 80…
The price of a new tunnel between New Jersey and New York City has increased by about 6% but remains lower than four years ago. The Hudson River Tunnel’s cost has increased from $11.6 billion…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spent Thursday in the New York City area to get a firsthand account of the devastation caused by Wednesday night’s historic storm that reportedly killed at least nine people in…
A report released this week indicates that thousands of New York restaurants still need help recovering from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the National Restaurant Association (NRA) issued a release indicating roughly 18,000 restaurants…
A New Jersey military base has started accepting refugees from Afghanistan. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will house up to 9,500 refugees from Afghanistan for up to a year. The base constructed temporary shelters on a former…
President Joe Biden has set the goal for 50% of new car sales to be electric vehicles by 2030, but some Georgia critics say the goal is unrealistic. Woodstock nondestructive testing engineer Ken Hardy, who…