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FILE - News Editor Chris Sciria puts the newspaper to bed for the last time from an empty newsroom at The Citizen's 25 Dill St. location in Auburn, N.Y. on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. After 51 years on Dill St. the newspaper moved its operation to a smaller office space. New York is offering up to $90 million in tax credits for news outlets to hire and retain journalists in an effort to help keep the shrinking local news industry afloat. (Kevin Rivoli/The Citizen via AP, File)
New York will set aside money to help local news outlets hire and retain employees
New York is setting aside $90 million in tax credits for local news outlets to hire and retain journalists. It is part of an effort to keep the shrinking local news industry afloat.
 
FILE - Robert J. Rodriguez, former Secretary of State of New York, speaks as he stands with doctors, nurses, medical professionals, and state lawmakers in support of health equity in New York state at the state Capitol, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. On Wednesday, the New York Senate confirmed Rodriguez as president of the state's public finance and construction authority, and Walter T. Mosley as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, file)
New secretary of state and construction authority leader confirmed by the New York Senate
The New York Senate has confirmed Walter T. Mosley as secretary of state and Robert J. Rodriguez as president of the state’s public finance and construction authority. Both are former state assemblymen.
 
FILE - New York Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members, Feb. 6, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Parker won’t face charges after he was accused of shoving an advocate twice in the state capitol building last week. Disability rights advocate Michael Carey told The Associated Press that he spoke with Parker on Friday, May 17, 2024, and that they “resolved things in a peaceable way.”(AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York senator won’t face charges after he was accused of shoving an advocate
State Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat, won’t face charges after he was accused of shoving an advocate twice in the state capitol building last week.
 
FILE - New York Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members, Feb. 6, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying he was shoved twice in the state Capitol building by Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat with a history of violent behavior. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol
A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying was shoved twice by state Senator Kevin Parker.
 
FILE - Members of the New York City Police Department listen to a news conference, Jan. 4, 2017, in New York. New York City's watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city's police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens. The city Department of Investigation confirmed the probe in a statement Wednesday, May 8, 2024, saying it was prompted by recent requests from City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Legal Aid Society asking it to look into the NYPD's social media policies and practices. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
New York City’s watchdog agency launches probe after complaints about the NYPD’s social media use
New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into allegations that the New York City Police Department has improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens.
 
Dietary supplements are displayed at a store in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024. It's now illegal to sell weight loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York. The first-in-the-nation law went into effect this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York is now illegal
It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York. The first-in-the-nation law went into effect this week.
 
New York lawmakers pass $237 billion budget addressing housing construction and migrants
New York lawmakers have approved a $237 billion state budget that includes plans to spur housing construction, combat unlicensed marijuana stores and address the migrant crisis.
 
FILE - People gather on a street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York while waiting to get takeout drinks at a bar, May 29, 2020. New York could expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measures unveiled on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement
New York would expand access to booze under a series of measures unveiled on Thursday as part of a larger state budget agreement.
 
FILE - Craig N. Ross Jr. is arraigned before Judge James A. Murphy III on charges related to the kidnapping of a 9-year-old from Moreau Lake State Park, Nov. 17, 2023, at Saratoga County Court in Ballston Spa, N.Y. Ross was sentenced Wednesday, April 17, 2024, to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. (Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP, File)
Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
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FILE - The New York Capitol is seen, Dec. 14, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, on Monday, April 15, 2024, announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants and crack down on illegal marijuana shops. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants and crack down on illegal marijuana shops.
 
FILE - Rats swarm around a bag of garbage near a dumpster in New York, July 7, 2000. New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)
How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea
New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents. They are eyeing rat birth control and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.
 
FILE - The New York Capitol is seen, June 30, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. New York's state budget is poised for another delay as backroom negotiations over a sweeping proposal to drive new housing construction continue to hold up the spending plan. Lawmakers in the state Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday, April 11, 2024, that will keep government funded and extend the budget deadline until Monday, April 15. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
An ambitious plan to build new housing continues to delay New York’s state budget
New York’s state budget is poised for another delay as backroom negotiations over a sweeping proposal to drive new housing construction continue to hold up the spending plan.
 
Rob Waltar, managing partner of the Fulton Grand bar, make drinks for customers, Feb. 28, 2024, in New York. Towns in New York that have never repealed Prohibition-era rules banning the sale of alcohol would be forced to lift their liquor restrictions under a bill moving through the state legislature. The bill’s sponsor argues it will spur business growth in seven towns that still have booze bans. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Last call for dry towns? New York weighs lifting post-Prohibition law that let towns keep booze bans
New York towns and villages that have post-Prohibition bans on alcohol sales would be forced to lift such restrictions under a bill moving through the Legislature.
 
FILE - The New York Capitol is seen, Dec. 14, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. New York lawmakers passed another extension for the state's budget on Thursday, April 4, 2024, to ensure operations continue undisrupted and state workers get paid while negotiations are still underway. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York lawmakers push budget deadline again as they negotiate over spending
New York lawmakers have given themselves more time to negotiate over the state budget. Legislators voted Thursday to temporarily extend the deadline for the final spending plan, ensuring the National Guard gets paid and state operations run smoothly.
 
FILE - The New York Capitol building is seen, June 30, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes cheating on your spouse a crime in the state of New York could soon truly be a thing of the past, after lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday, April 3, 2024, to repeal the adultery ban. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
New York adulterers could get tossed out of house but not thrown in jail under newly passed bill
A little-known and rarely enforced law that makes cheating on your spouse a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past. Legislators passed a bill Wednesday to repeal a ban on adultery; it’s now up to New York Gov.
 
FILE - The New York state Assembly Chamber is seen during a legislative session after Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her 2025 executive state budget at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. New York lawmakers are expected to miss the state's budget deadline as negotiations over housing and education funding remain ongoing, a top official said Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York’s state budget expected to be late as housing, education negotiations continue
New York’s state budget deadline will be pushed back to next week as negotiations over housing and education remain ongoing, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying Wednesday she will deliver a bill to lawmakers delaying the budget’s due date until April 4.
 
Beehives adorn the back of the property at Itaska Valley Farm, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Whitney Point, N.Y. Joan and Harold Koster, who own the farm, were asked by Texas-based Southern Tier Energy Solutions to lease their land to extract natural gas by injecting carbon dioxide into the ground, which they rejected and are opposed to. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)
New York lawmakers expand fracking ban to include liquid carbon dioxide
New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would expand the state’s existing fracking ban. It would block natural gas drilling companies from using an extraction method that involves injecting huge amounts of liquid carbon dioxide into the ground.
 
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, signs bills expanding reproductive healthcare that will allow people in New York to receive contraceptives without a doctor's prescription, May 2, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. New Yorkers will be able to get contraceptives without a prescription under a standing order signed by state health officials on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The move is part of Hochul's mission to bolster reproductive rights at a time when its restricted in other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Maysoon Khan, File)
Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order
Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials. The order signed Tuesday is part of New York Gov.
 
Joan and Harold Koster pose for a photo in front of a historic barn on their property, known as Itaska Valley Farm, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Whitney Point, N.Y. The Kosters were asked by Texas-based Southern Tier Energy Solutions to lease their land to extract natural gas by injecting carbon dioxide into the ground, which they rejected and are opposed to. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)
New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water
The state of New York is moving to update its fracking ban. Hydraulic fracturing usually involves injecting huge amounts of water deep underground to break layers of rock and release natural gas.
 
FILE - The New York Capitol is seen, Dec. 14, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. Democrats who control the state Senate and Assembly have released their budget proposals for the year, setting up potential fights with Gov. Kathy Hochul's office over education funding and income taxes. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York’s budget season starts with friction over taxes and education funding
New York’s budget season has begun. Democrats who control the state Senate and Assembly have released their budget proposals for the year, setting up potential battles with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office over education funding and income taxes.
 
FILE - "Ghost guns" are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco, on Nov. 27, 2019. A federal judge on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from shipping gun parts to New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
Court order permanently blocks Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York
A federal judge has banned a Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks.
 
FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news briefing, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. The cash-advance firm Yellowstone Capital and other companies were accused of exploiting and collecting billions of dollars from struggling small businesses in New York and other states by issuing fraudulent loans at ultra-high interest rates in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by James. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
New York sues cash-advance operation for issuing fraudulent loans with rates as high as 820%
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued a cash-advance operation based in the state, claiming it exploited struggling small businesses across the country by issuing fraudulent loans.
 
FILE - Snow covers the exterior of the New York state Capitol on Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday, Feb. 15, that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially change the rest of the state's lines. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes
New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission has approved a new congressional map that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but doesn’t substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. The map proposal was approved Thursday.
 
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presents her 2025 executive state budget in the Red Room at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. Hochul nominated Steven G. James, a former New York State Police deputy superintendent, as the top leader of the police force on Wednesday, which would make him the third Black person to hold the agency's highest rank (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
New York governor nominates new police leader to agency that has struggled to diversify its ranks
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul nominated Steven G. James as the top leader of the state police force. If the state Senate agrees, he would be the second Black person confirmed to hold the rank of superintendent and the third to lead the 5,000-member force, which has struggled for years to diversify its
 
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul arrives at the Red Room at the state Capitol, Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Hochul signed into law a bill Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 that expands the legal definition of rape to include nonconsensual vaginal, anal, and oral sexual contact. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
New York expands the legal definition of rape to include many forms of nonconsensual sexual contact
New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul signed the bill on Tuesday.
 
Central Park 5 exoneree and council member says police stopped him without giving a reason
New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam says he was pulled over by city police without being given an explanation.
 
FILE - People walk by the entrance to the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, April 22, 2014. A performer who appeared naked in a show by world-renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Modern Art is suing the museum, saying it failed to take action after he was sexually assaulted multiple times by attendees during the performances nearly 14 years ago. The suit was filed in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a special state law that created a yearslong suspension of the usual time limit for accusers to sue. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
Artist who performed nude in 2010 Marina Abramovic exhibition sues MoMA over sexual assault claims
A performer who appeared naked in a show by world-renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic is suing New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, saying it failed to take action after he was sexually assaulted multiple times by attendees during performances 14 years ago.
 
Defendant Kevin Monahan listens to summations in his murder trial before County Judge Adam Michelini, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the Washington County Courthouse in Fort Edward, N.Y. Monahan, 66, was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York. (Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP, Pool)
New York man convicted of murdering woman who wound up in his backcountry driveway after wrong turn
A man has been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a young woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York.
 
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presents her 2025 executive state budget in the Red Room at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
New York governor wants to spend $2.4B to help deal with migrant influx in new budget proposal
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to spend $2.4 billion to care for the massive influx of migrants who have overwhelmed New York City’s homeless shelters.
 
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a news conference, March. 13, 2023, in New York. Hochul will outline her agenda in a State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, with the Democrat expected to focus on housing, crime and education policies ahead of a pivotal election season where races in the state could determine control of Congress. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
As crucial House elections near, New York governor outlines agenda
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her annual State of the State address. The Democrat on Tuesday outlined her agenda for the ongoing legislative session and focused on public safety and housing policies, among other things.
 
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