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The bills include a plastic packaging reduction measure, a Superfund to pay for climate change effects, and a bill to cap utility costs for lower-income New Yorkers.

From Governor Kathy Hochul’s election to a full term to the dramatic rejection of her first choice for chief judge to an overdue state budget, it has been an eventful few months in New York politics. Now, the legislative session is down to its final days, with a number of outstanding issues still on the table.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state and county leaders have made little progress over the past week on getting help from the federal government as asylum-seekers continue to arrive in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams continues to send some of them to other parts of the state.

Cuomo’s case questions the constitutionality of the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, a panel formed to replace the Joint Commission on Public Ethics last year.

The label was the last to survive from a time when Rochester was one of the largest producers of clothing in the United States, and world renowned for its high quality menswear.

Three teens were charged for taking and killing Faye from the Manlius Swan Pond. Four cygnets were also taken but have been recovered and are in the safe keeping of a biologist.

The bill would expunge criminal records for people convicted of some crimes in order to help them get jobs and housing once they’ve served their sentence.

They say there's plenty of time between now and when the session is scheduled to end on June 9 to pass a bill that would give terminally ill people the medical option to end their lives at the time of their choosing.

Adirondack Raptors in Dickinson, New York rehabilitates, conducts educational programs and does research on birds of prey. Owner Mark Manske visits schools across the region and is writing a series of books to get youth excited about nature and animals.

The move to restrict or eliminate online gambling advertising is gaining momentum in Ontario.

With less than two weeks to go before the end of the legislative session, supporters of the New York Heat Act are making a final push to get it passed.

New York's fertility rate has been on a mostly steady decline over the last two decades.