State Comptroller's office warns shrinking SNAP rolls could force New York to spend even more to keep school lunches free statewide.

A Delhi physical therapist and a former congressman face off for the open Catskills-area Assembly seat, with rural hospitals at the center of the fight.

A ballot measure would swap Albany County's four elected coroners for an appointed medical examiner starting Jan. 1.

Four commissioners quit amid infighting, and a former tenant says she was evicted after her rent was raised without notice.

The donor lobbies her agency through the same firm bankrolling the committee. Ethics watchdogs call it a loophole hiding in plain sight.

Supervisors voted 20-3 to outlaw kratom sales countywide, giving retailers 30 days to clear their shelves.

Schenectady High seniors with a 90% average and strong math grades now get automatic UAlbany admission, plus a merit scholarship.

County Executive Steve McLaughlin says the $63 million levy is now $1.4 million below what he inherited in 2018.

Lake Placid area officials say the town just doesn't have the acreage for battery storage, pausing two Ray Brook proposals for a year.

Just 7% of owners called September a good time to expand, as labor and inflation pressures mount statewide.

A Syracuse-area student preparing for a career change becomes the human face of a governor's race fight over jobs and taxes.

Lawmakers approved helmet rules, alcohol bans and fines up to $750 — plus a carve-out letting e-bikes onto the Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail.

Dan McCoy wants a 13th straight year under the tax cap, even as $22.69 million in new state mandates squeeze the county's books.