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The states highest court declined to hear Lawlers appeal of a lower court decision placing Francois on the ballot.

An Appellate Panel put Spring Valley Democrat Eudson Francois back on the November ballot against Republican Assemblyman Michael Lawler.

Behind the efforts to create a “Super Jewish” district to give a member of the Hasidic community in upstate NY a shot at a seat in state Assembly

Even amid sky-high China-U.S. tensions, there is an ongoing bid to make October 1 a public holiday — “China Day” — in New York state.

UPPER NYACK - Nyack High School senior Jadyn Turner remembers the last time she saw her cousin Alyssa Alhadeff. The Turners were visiting the Alhadeffs in Parkland, Florida, and the cousins were planning to see each other very soon. Weeks later, Alyssa was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Alyssa was shot 10 times. She was a 14-year-old freshman and a soccer standout. On Friday, Jadyn Turner stood outside her high school with state Sen...

ALBANY (TNS) — Charities serving New Yorks most vulnerable are facing financial ruin as influential state lawmakers charge that the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has been offering a "poor" and disproven excuse for not stepping in to help. In September, lawmakers pressed Cuomo to use a portion of billions in federal relief to pay for the charities services. But a state Division of Budget spokesman, Freeman Klopott, responded that the federal funds could "onl...

As states offer relief to charities, New York stalls Updated Dec 17, 2020; By Chris Bragg | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. — Charities serving New York’s most vulnerable are facing financial ruin as influential state lawmakers charge that the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has been offering a “poor” and disproven excuse for not stepping in to help. In September, lawmakers pressed Cuomo to use a portion of billions in federal relief to pay for the charities’ services. But a ...

By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com Dec 15, 2020 Metro North M7s Around The Curve In Irvington HUDSON VALLEY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to adopt its 2021 budget later this week and depending upon what federal aid may be coming, the agency could cut service and staff. That has a number of Hudson Valley officials worried. Rockland County Executive Ed Day, Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus, State Assembly members Ken Zebrowski, Ellen Jaffee, Karl Brabenec...