NY state news

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is making a visit to Fort Drum near Watertown Monday.

More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice.

Democrats on Binghamton City Council proposed legislation to hire a third party to conduct an independent investigation of the arrest of Hamail Waddell earlier this month, which Mayor Jared Kraham says is “moot” now the attorney general is involved.

The governor, in her State of the State message, proposed revisions to the law to make it easier for judges to set bail for more “serious crimes.”

A coalition of nursing homes says, if the state doesn’t increase its Medicaid reimbursement rates, the eldercare facilities may have to reduce the number of beds — or even shut down all together.

The Equal Rights Amendment include the right for pregnant people to choose abortion.

A Siena College poll out Monday shows Gov. Kathy Hochul with her highest job approval and favorability ratings since taking office.

A coalition of 13 upstate historic theatres is lobbying the state for $20 million in funding.

Joe Burrow threw two touchdown passes, Cincinnati's defense swarmed Josh Allen on a snow-slicked field and the Bengals advanced to their second straight AFC championship game with a 27-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The Democratic State Senate majority recently passed a voting and board of election reform package.