Politics and Government

The Siena College poll finds Hochul has wide support among Democrats, and Zeldin is backed by most Republicans, but independent voters are up for grabs.

Broome County officials announced its first case of monkeypox Friday, and Tompkins County officials announced a second case.

The state's bail reform laws have become an issue in the governor’s race in New York in recent days, as Republican candidate Lee Zeldin calls for repealing the state’s bail reform laws, and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul says she and the Legislature already revised the laws in the state budget.

A Fairport man who accosted U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage as the Republican campaigned for governor will remain in custody while a federal judge considers his lawyer's plea to release the Army veteran, who he said was in an alcoholic relapse.

Central New York and the Mohawk Valley could cash in following Senate passage of a $280 billion package meant to boost the chip manufacturing industry in the United States.

Government reform advocates question whether the newly created New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government will be much better than its troubled predecessor, which was disbanded earlier this month.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that the state will spend $70 million for improving child care services as part of a plan that ends the state sales tax on baby diapers.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says there's a good reason why a company that contributed to her campaign received hundreds of millions in state money for COVID-19 tests.

An independent auditor will review the New York state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts by the administration of the previous governor to downplay the number of deaths of nursing home residents.

Is Gov. Kathy Hochul delaying a review of the state's COVID-19 policies? That's what her political opponent Lee Zeldin claims.