A big year looms for Albany and its environs. The inventor of toilet paper could be honored with a well-deserved statue.

The goals of what is known as "congestion pricing" are to reduce gridlock and pollution and raise revenue for public transit.

Gov. Kathy Hochul this week announced that more than 2,800 lane miles of state and local highways were improved and more than ...

Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law ...

A Democratic bill aimed at charging oil and gas companies for pollution could result in regressive costs for working families in the state, energy and economic experts say.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that flags will be flown at half-staff to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100.

Disabled CDPAP activist Julie Farrar, who recently went viral for confronting Gov. Hochul in an Albany mall, worries the ...

Other measures will increase the minimum wage and mandate that all employers provide 20 hours of paid time off for prenatal ...

There are no such certainties this year, celestial or otherwise, but that's not stopping Buffalo News reporters from taking a ...

The start of the new year means new workplace-related laws, including another bump in the minimum wage, will take effect in ...

The bill's supporters said the legislation aimed to increase accountability, but the governor called the measure unnecessary.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday she had named a new leader at the Utica-area state prison where earlier this month several ...