15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (380+ words) More than 400 New York school districts are expanding free prekindergarten this year as the state works toward universal access for 4-year-olds by fall 2028. The expansion is adding thousands of seats this school year, with tens of thousands more planned over…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (358+ words) New York has completed two Long Island highway-renewal projects totaling $31.5 million, resurfacing nearly 100 lane miles and adding pedestrian, drainage and traffic-signal improvements in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The work covered sections of Route 25, the Sunrise Highway service roads, Hempstead Turnpike…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (372+ words) New York has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule that blocks Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program reimbursement for gender-affirming care provided to transgender adolescents. Attorney General Letitia James and the coalition argue that the U.S. Department of Health…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (320+ words) The New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association is urging drivers to slow down and move over for stopped emergency and other authorized vehicles as Labor Day weekend brings heavier traffic and increased enforcement across the state. The reminder comes…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (481+ words) New York officials are calling on the Trump administration to release $87 million in federal homeland-security money they say remains withheld from the state after a court challenge restored part of a larger reduction. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (501+ words) New York has awarded more than $18.6 million to 10 downtown Albany projects that are expected to create nearly 300 homes, reuse vacant office space and support historic and community properties. The awards are the first project grants through the state's $400 million Championing…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (266+ words) A Rochester-area family has created a fund to support home-care workers and patients after local realtor Gar Lowenguth received months of care at home during the final stage of his life. Lowenguth and his wife, Cindy, were together for 40 years…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (621+ words) New York rebate checks worth up to $200 will begin arriving in mailboxes this month as the state starts distributing $1 billion in one-time payments intended to help households offset higher energy costs. The Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate, or POWER, program…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (223+ words) Drug overdose deaths in New York fell about 45% from 2022 to 2025, dropping from more than 6,630 to an estimated 3,775, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said Monday. The figures, compiled from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, amount to a decline from about…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (221+ words) Rochester and Syracuse are among 10 New York communities receiving $2 million each for youth programs aimed at expanding opportunity and preventing violence, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The $20 million Project RISE investment will support 136 programs statewide, including mentoring, mental health services,…...