A unique element of the governor’s self-proclaimed “affordability agenda” is her idea of mailing checks of up to $500 ...

The Senate and Assembly will also negotiate over a plan one to ban cellphones in classrooms from "bell to bell." ...

A group of Long Island pols is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to boost taxpayer funding for the ailing Nassau University Medical ...

The initiative will provide conditional funding over five years to develop programs that integrate critical time intervention ...

Governor Hochul issues emergency measures and a burn ban in response to intense brush fires in Suffolk County, Long Island.

The wildfires that burned through more than 600 acres on Long Island probably originated from a backyard fire in Manorville, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday announced an immediate "burn ban" for all of Long Island and New York City, and for parts of the ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday following multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of ...

Investigators tasked with determining the cause of the widespread Long Island brush fires over the weekend have linked the blazes to a backyard fire in Manorville.

Approximately 90 fire and emergency services agencies converged on Westhampton to battle brush fires that culminated in a ...