The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, ...

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 ...

ALBANY — Jackson Demolition Service filed a lawsuit Monday evening seeking to prevent the Advance Albany County Alliance from awarding a $14 million contract to demolish the Central Warehouse to a ...

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.

Long Island brush fires were caused by a resident trying to make s’mores - The Westhampton Pines Fire burned approximately ...

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

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

The current "operating theory" is that the fires were sparked accidentally in a backyard near Sunrise Highway, authorities ...