New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said a classroom phone ban set to be implemented this year will protect students’ education.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul announced applications are now open for the “East Side Building Fund,” a renovation fund to help ...

Lawmakers ratified a state budget that promised benefits for a host of New Yorkers, including the legislators themselves.

The criminal discovery rollback in the state budget eases prosecutor requirements; Hochul and district attorneys celebrate ...

Gov. Hochul early Friday morning signed the budget for the 2026 fiscal year into law, 39 days after the April 1 deadline.Hochul’s office released a transcript of her announcement and ...

The measure could result in additional consequences, such as added jail time, if someone wears a mask while committing ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state's fiscal year 2026 budget into law, where she highlighted several initiatives including an upcoming ban on cellphones in schools.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers said they’ll likely return to Albany later this year and reopen the state budget ...

The New York State Budget for 2026 was passed late last night and signed into law Friday morning by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

City Hall had been counting on state lawmakers to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure parents did not lose ...

Lawmakers dropped three initiatives that Gov. Hochul said would have made roadways safer (though, as we'll see, that's very ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs 2026 FY Budget into law, touting more tax dollars back for families and cell phone bans ...