1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (691+ words) State Sen. Tom O’Mara is renewing calls for stronger New York policies on Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, pointing to rising case counts and growing concern among health professionals across the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier. In his weekly…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (903+ words) A dispute over whether New York should allow limited compensation for volunteer firefighters is exposing a deeper divide among the organizations that represent the state’s fire service, as recruitment and retention problems continue to strain departments across the state. The…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (690+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of how businesses create advertisements, but a new national survey suggests New York companies embracing the technology need to be careful about where they draw the line. Nearly half of Americans have a negative…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (735+ words) New Yorkers are more likely than Americans overall to say extreme weather damaged their communities over the past year, according to new Gallup polling that shows the Northeast among the parts of the country reporting the greatest impacts. Forty-three percent…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (286+ words) The New York State Common Retirement Fund was valued at an estimated $309.7 billion after earning a 6.12% investment return during the first quarter of the 2026-27 state fiscal year, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. The fund's estimated value was $295.4 billion on March 31, at…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (649+ words) Nearly four in 10 Americans say extreme weather damaged their community during the past year, a finding that carries particular relevance in New York as the state deals with heavier rainfall, more frequent heat waves and repeated severe-weather events. A new…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (129+ words) New York State Fair officials are defending new security rules that will prohibit most vehicle traffic inside the fairgrounds from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., according to WSYR. Fair Director Julie LaFave said the changes are intended to prevent vehicles from getting too close…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (174+ words) New York is accepting proposals for nearly $270 million in tax credits and subsidies intended to create or preserve about 1,800 affordable apartments across the state. The competitive funding round includes up to $58 million in federal low-income housing tax credits, $10 million in…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (486+ words) New York lawmakers officially pushed back the state’s electric school bus mandate this week, handing rural districts and transportation providers a five-year reprieve after mounting concerns over cost, infrastructure, and operational reliability. The change, included in the state’s Education, Labor…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (435+ words) New Yorkers could be in for a hotter, more humid and stormier summer than normal as forecasters warn that developing El Niño conditions will begin shaping weather patterns across the country in the months ahead. According to AccuWeather’s 2026 summer forecast,…...