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FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. Pregnant people in New York would have 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a proposal announced by Hochul on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, part of her agenda for the state's Legislative session. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York governor pushes for paid medical leave during pregnancy

Pregnant people in New York would have 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Democrat’s plan to expand the state’s paid family leave policy was announced Thursday.

FILE - New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference, March. 13, 2023, in New York. Hochul has again vetoed legislation Friday, Dec. 29, that would have changed the state’s existing wrongful death statute by enabling families to recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File )

New York governor vetoes change to wrongful death statute, nixing damages for emotional suffering

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one.

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. On Saturday, Dec. 23, New York's governor vetoed a bill that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers' ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York governor vetoes bill that would ban noncompete agreements

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers’ ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business.

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a news conference, March. 13, 2023, in New York. On Saturday, Dec. 23, Hochul vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York governor vetoes bill that would make it easier for people to challenge their convictions

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has struck down a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions after the measure came under fierce opposition by prosecutors.

FILE -People line up to order fast food from a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the Iroquois Travel Plaza rest stop on the New York State Thruway in Little Falls, New York, on Friday, June 30, 2023. New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants in state highway system rest areas to operate seven days a week, a measure apparently aimed at interfering with a policy at the fast food chain Chick-fil-A of staying closed on Sundays. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

New York bill could interfere with Chick-fil-A’s long-standing policy to close Sundays

New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants in rest stops throughout the state to be open seven days a week.

CORRECTS CITY TO NEW YORK - This image from video provided by the Office of The Governor shows New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signing a bill in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, to create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state. She is joined by, standing from left: Dr. Yohuru Williams, Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas; Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Majority Leader of the NY State Senate; Michaelle Solages, NY State Assembly Woman; Rev. Al Sharpton; Carl Heastie, Speaker of the NY State Assembly; James Sanders, NY State Senator. (Office of the Governor via AP)

New York will set up a commission to consider reparations for slavery

New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday.

This March 2007 photo shows a bronze sculpture titled "Standing Shiva" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The sculpture is one of 16 pieces of artwork that the museum said it will return to Cambodia and Thailand that federal prosecutors say were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. (Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP)

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plan to return looted antiquities

Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand.

This December 2005 photo shows a 7th century sculpture titled "Head of Buddha" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The sculpture is one of 16 pieces of artwork that the museum said it will return to Cambodia and Thailand that federal prosecutors say were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. (Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP)

New York’s Metropolitan Museum will return stolen ancient sculptures to Cambodia and Thailand

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return 16 pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand that federal prosecutors say were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia.

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference in New York, Monday, March. 13, 2023. New York's hospitals and healthcare providers are now banned from reporting medical debt to credit agencies, after Gov. Hochul signed into law a series of consumer protection bills on Wednesday, Dec. 13. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York removes medical debt from credit reports

Medical debt will no longer appear on the credit reports of New York residents. The change signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul takes effect immediately.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Chuck Schumer hold a silicon wafer and pose for a photo with lawmakers and leaders from the semiconductor industry during an event at University at Albany in Albany, New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. New York will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in Albany, the state's capital, with the goal of turning the region into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. (AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)

New York pledges $1B on chip research and development in Albany in bid for jobs, federal grants

New York Democrats say the state will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in an effort to turn upstate New York into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing. Gov.

Man who fired shotgun outside New York synagogue cited events in the Mideast, federal agent says

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, was arrested a short distance away from the temple after laying down the shotgun, police said. He said “Free Palestine” when officers arrested him, according to Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins.

A menorah stands outside the entrance to Temple Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A 28-year-old suspect was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Jewish temple on Friday, just hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured and police they did not know the man's motive.(AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)

Man fires shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, no one injured

Officials say a man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody. Gov. Kathy Hochul said no one was injured Thursday afternoon, hours before the start of Hanukkah.

FILE - Inmates walks between buildings at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2011. New York's prison system punished more than 2,000 prisoners by putting them in solitary confinement and stripping them of family visitation rights and parole hearings after drug tests resulted in false positives, according to a report made public on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, by the state Inspector General. (Spencer Ainsley/The Journal via AP, File)

New York punished 2,000 prisoners over false positive drug tests, report finds

New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive for drugs according to a report released Thursday by state Inspector General Lucy Lang.

FILE- In this Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, Sen. Kevin Parker, D- Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Parker has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti. The lawsuit, filed Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 accuses Sen. Parker of assaulting her in 2004, during his first term. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York lawmaker accused of rape in lawsuit filed under state’s expiring Adult Survivors Act

A state lawmaker from Brooklyn has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti. The lawsuit was filed against Sen. Kevin Parker on Friday.

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference in New York, Monday, March. 13, 2023. New Yorkers who have committed crimes in the past will get their criminal records automatically sealed after a certain period of time has passed under a long awaited bill signed into law by Hochul on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York will automatically seal old criminal records under law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul

New Yorkers who’ve committed crimes in the past will get their criminal records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain period of time under a long-awaited bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday.

FILE - New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference Monday, March. 13, 2023, in New York. About 1 in 5 American workers, including retail and construction workers, are bound by noncompete agreements, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Hochul hasn't said whether she intends to sign state legislation passed last June that would ban noncompete agreements. The legislation has come under a fierce attack by business groups. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File )

Business lobby attacks as New York nears a noncompete ban, rare in the US

A proposed ban on noncompete agreements has come under a fierce attack by business groups in New York. An affiliate of the Business Council of New York launched a $1 million ad campaign last month in an attempt to pressure Gov.

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water that supply the city of Buffalo with drinking water. The lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court by James. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

New York state has sued PepsiCo in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water that supply the city of Buffalo with drinking water.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2023 in Israel. Hochul’s father died overnight while she was touring wartime Israel, with the teary-eyed governor slipping a note grieving the loss into Jerusalem’s Western Wall holy site. (Micah Lasher/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

New York taxpayers will cover costs of governor’s trip to wartime Israel

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office says taxpayers will cover the costs of her recent visit to wartime Israel.

New York judge fired for pointing gun at a Black man in court

New York’s highest court has removed an upstate judge from office for pointing a loaded handgun at a Black man during a 2015 court hearing. Justice Robert J. Putorti was a Whitehall Town and Village Court judge.

FILE - Police secure the entrance to Moreau Lake State Park as search continues for Charlotte Sena, a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping over the weekend with her family at the park, Monday Oct. 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Michael Hill, File)

Missing girl’s rescue in upstate New York came as pivotal hours ticked by

A neighbor who witnessed 9-year-old Charlotte Sena being rescued in upstate New York is describing the scene as right out of a movie. Carol Brown says her first thought was maybe it was a drug bust.

Emergency responders work the scene of a fatal bus crash, in Wawayanda, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. The charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment, officials said. (NBC New York via AP)

Federal investigators will look into fatal New York crash of a bus carrying high school students

Federal investigators promised a thorough investigation into what caused a charter bus carrying a high school marching band to veer off a New York highway in a wreck that killed two adults and seriously injured other passengers.

FILE — A help-wanted sign is posted in a storefront, Nov. 1, 2022, in Bedford, N.Y. Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose how much the jobs pay as a statewide salary transparency law goes into effect, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, part of growing state and city efforts to give women and people of color a tool to advocate for equal pay for equal work. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law

Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose how much jobs pay under a new salary transparency law.

In this image provided by the Office of the Governor of New York, Rowan Wilson, right, recites a celebratory oath administered by Gov. Kathy Hochul as he sworn in as the first Black chief judge of the state’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. Wilson's wife Grace Wilson, left, holds the Bible during the ceremony. Wilson, who was officially sworn in immediately after his confirmation by the Legislature last April, had has been exercising the full powers of the post, but Tuesday's ceremony was intended to bring more pomp to a landmark moment.(Office of Governor of New York/Darren McGee via AP)

Family, friends gather to celebrate Rowan Wilson’s ascension to chief judge of New York

Family, friends, members of the New York legislature and others gathered at the New York Court of Appeals to celebrate Rowan Wilson’s ascension as chief judge of the state’s highest court.

This photo provided by the Oneida Indian Nation shows, from left, Dean Lyons, a member of the Oneida Indian Nation; Hillary Olson, Rochester Museum and Science Center president; Ray Halbritter, representative for the Oneida Indian Nation; Kathryn Murano Santos, senior director of collections and exhibits for the Rochester Museum and Science Center; and Stephanie Dickman, Rochester Museum and Science Center board chair; as Olson and Halbritter each sign transfer documents confirming receipt of the repatriated remains and funerary objects, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Rochester, N.Y. (Oneida Indian Nation via AP)

Museum in New York state returns remains of 19 Native Americans to Oneida Indian Nation

The Rochester Museum and Science Center in New York state has returned the ancestral remains of 19 Native Americans to the Oneida Indian Nation.

This photo provided by Sam Verstandig shows New York State assemblyman David Weprin, bottom center, joined by members of the Sikh community, speaking during a news conference addressing dress codes within the state police, Monday, July 24, 2023, in New York. A New York state trooper, who is Sikh, was barred from growing facial hair by his supervisors, despite a 2019 state law that ensures such religious accommodations. (Sam Verstandig via AP)

After refusing to let Sikh trooper grow beard, New York State Police accused of flouting state law

A New York state trooper who is Sikh was barred from growing facial hair for his wedding, despite a 2019 state law requiring employers to let most workers follow grooming rules for their religion.

FILE - The New York state Capitol is pictured, June 30, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. New York lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, that would make it easier for a defendant to challenge a wrongful conviction. The bill will be sent to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York bill aims to help the wrongfully convicted. Prosecutors say it would aid the guilty, too

People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit would have an easier time challenging their convictions under a bill passed by New York lawmakers this week.