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ALBANY — The minority leaders of the New York State Senate and the State Assembly have drafted a letter asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to deploy the New York National Guard

ALBANY — The minority leaders of the New York State Senate and the State Assembly have drafted a letter asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to deploy the New York National Guard

Sticking points already emerging include keeping state aid flat for some suburban and rural school districts, and decreasing the Medicaid budget.

New York will undertake an ambitious effort to address the state’s history of slavery and racism, establishing the United States’

Though school trips have evolved as science curriculums have changed, 400,000 children still flock to the American Museum of Natural History every year.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will create the nation’s second statewide task force to examine possible reparations for the lasting impact of slavery.

For a few hours, America's right-wing media treated fiction as fact, speculating the explosion at a Canada-U.S. border crossing near Niagara Falls was a terrorist attack from Canada — feeding calls for a northern border wall.

New Yorks new Clean Slate law seals some criminal records to make it easier for some previously-convicted New Yorkers to get jobs. Republican lawmakers are criticizing the law, comparing it to bail reform.

The “Clean Slate Act,” one of the most significant bills passed by the state Legislature this year, was hailed by supporters as helping people with criminal records move forward with

SANBORN — This year’s Veterans Day ceremony at Niagara County Community College took on added significance with the unveiling of a new site on campus for recognition of service members.