Kathy Hochul appears to have secured many of the expansions to involuntary commitment that she pushed for in the state budget ...

While neither Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins nor Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie had yet to join Hochul in ...

The mask policy was one of the final hurdles Hochul and the Legislature had to clear to reach a budget agreement.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, while updating reporters on governor-influenced policy in the state's $252 billion ...

The 2025-2026 state spending plan is roughly a month late after weeks of haggling, particularly over the Governor’s marquee ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $254 billion budget deal with Senate and Assembly leaders that kept her plans to distribute ...

The New York State Assembly passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act late Tuesday night, which would allow terminally ill patients ...

The agreed-to penalty enhancer could only be leveled if a suspect is charged with a class A misdemeanor or anything more ...

A bill that would let doctors provide medication to help end the lives of terminally ill patients is moving in the state’s ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, announced a $254 billion budget deal on Monday that includes an agreement with state ...