Dan Clark

While the state legislature considers ways to bolster enforcement of the state’s ethics laws for public officials, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the current system of enforcing those rules is “flawed” and that she wants to “turn it upside down.”

A federal judge has paused New York’s decision to prohibit religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers, who the state has required to get their first dose of the shot by late September or potentially lose their job.

As soon as the second plane hit the World Trade Center two decades ago on 9/11, then-Gov. George Pataki says he knew the country was under attack. Pataki sat down with New York NOW’s Dan Clark to share his story of 9/11, and the lasting impact of the attacks.

New York could be headed toward a staffing crisis in the health care sector if more workers don’t get vaccinated, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the state’s COVID-19 numbers continue to rise amid the Delta variant.

The state legislature Wednesday evening approved an extension of New York’s pause on evictions.

As millions of New Yorkers consider a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that the state would make $65 million available to localities for their distribution, saying local officials know best how to serve their own communities.

Democrats in New York will return to Albany Wednesday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium, confirm officials to lead the state’s marijuana legalization roll-out, and approve changes to the state’s open meetings law, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday evening.

Extending the eviction moratorium is more complicated than it sounds.

Brian Benjamin is a Black Democrat from Harlem who has been outspoken on criminal justice reform.

A new dynamic in Albany may be on the horizon. After Gov. Kathy Hochul formally took office Tuesday, she met behind closed doors with legislative leaders from both the State Senate and Assembly, setting the tone for a new relationship between the two branches of state government.