New York Governor Kathy Hochul is confronting one of her first major tests after winning a full term in November. Her pick for the state’s new chief judge, Hector LaSalle, is being opposed by a coalition of progressive groups — and crucially, more than a dozen Democrats in the state Senate. We break it down with Albany Law School Professor Vincent Bonventre, who has been following the twists and turns on his New York Court Watcher website.
Mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia in recent days are once again calling spurring calls for new gun control measures. U.S. Senate Democrats say...
The NCAA men's basketball tournament returned to Albany over the weekend for the first time since 2003.
Most New Yorkers support using federal land and buildings as temporary shelter for migrants and making it easier for the migrants to be granted...