There are just about six weeks left before New York state lawmakers wrap up the legislative session in Albany. It comes after majority Democrats checked off a laundry list of priorities in the state budget passed earlier this month. Manhattan Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell, from the 69th district, says there’s plenty left to do. Among his priorities are banning hydrofracking fluid from being used to de-ice roads in the state, extending voting rights to parolees, and bolstering the arts.
Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey recently spoke at the White House’s National Water Summit. The second-term Democrat spoke on a panel about the city’s efforts...
In Washington County, a small newspaper that nearly went out of business in 2019 is expanding. Formerly The Greenwich Journal and Salem Press, the...
President Biden says the U.S. is ramping up vaccine deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses...