State to help first-time buyers, doesn't address critical home inspector shortage
CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — New York state is putting $100 million towards funding starter homes and downpayment assistance, ...
NY’s Kathy Hochul pitches $252B budget plan stuffed with handouts — and she’s already blaming Trump if anything goes wrong
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion budget proposal stuffed with handouts on Tuesday — but she’s already blaming the ...
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Disabilities Beat: Why is Hochul’s involuntary commitment proposal controversial?
WBFO's Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins analyzes a portion of Governor Kathy Hochul's State of the State speech that caught ...
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Albany’s Climate Change Superfund Act chills upstate New York's economy | Opinion
The Climate Change Superfund Act is further proof that New York is becoming ever more hostile toward businesses.
Hochul’s latest subway safety gimmick isn’t a fix for violence, crime
Kathy Hochul’s pledge to put cops on every overnight train — her third enforcement surge in three years — doesn’t deal with ...
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Two state Legislature Republicans critical of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget
Two state GOP lawmakers from the Hudson Valley criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $255 billion budget as an out-of-control spending plan. One Democrat, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson of the ...
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Hochul’s Medicaid budget continues to swell
Hochul’s $252 billion budget proposal, released on Tuesday, allocates $35.4 billion for the Health Department’s Medicaid ...
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Hochul proposes $425M for prison security upgrades
Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26 budget includes over $425 million to address violence in New York prisons following an inmate ...
NYPD begin overnight patrols of subway in renewed safety effort
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) pushed for the NYPD to patrol every train during overnight hours as part of her plan to address crime on the subway.
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Hochul proposes $252 billion budget: What’s inside?
The budget commits $37.4 billion in school aid, a 4.7% increase, with a significant boost in Foundation Aid for public schools. Investments also include free community college programs for adults ...
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EDITORIAL: Hochul school cell phone ban is flexible, funded
If school teachers and administrators are saying that student access to their cell phones during the school day is disruptive and distracting, and if they say kids are using their ...