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NEW YORK — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new pilot program that will add firearm access and injury risk screenings to emergency department visits, aiming to prevent violence before it happens. The $1.5 million investment from the New York State Office of Gun Violence Prevention will expand...

For the second time this week, there was a $1 million dollar Powerball winner in New York State.

Crown Heights history is at risk. New York State politicians are pushing to demolish the historic Kingsbrook Synagogue — one of the oldest Shuls in Crown Heights — and replace it with yet another homeless shelter. The elected officials are funding ‘One Brooklyn Health’, which oversees Kingsbrook Jewish...

Assembly Member Claire Valdez has joined several elected officials to sign an open letter calling on Con Edison to “stop hindering the development” of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in New York City, with critics claiming that the energy company has made it “prohibitively expensive” to connect systems to New...

Subway ridership still trails pre-COVID pandemic levels — by a whopping 25% — even as transit officials rush to credit congestion pricing for getting New Yorkers back on the public transportation system. A recent report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC), finds that New Yorkers took...

“Homeless and at-risk New Yorkers need a lifeline in the immediate term, and the governor must join the Assembly and the Senate in expanding the HAVP pilot to $250 million.”. The high cost of housing is a major driver of low-income New Yorkers’ economic precarity. In each year since 2022,...

The City University of New York (CUNY) system is expanding its use of artificial intelligence in everyday teaching and student support, backed by a $3 million investment in campus-led projects. The funding supports 113 AI initiatives across the system through a one-year AI innovation fund, part of Gov. Kathy...

For many Hoboken + Jersey City locals, the Manhattan skyline is the backdrop to their lives. The city lights have seemed to replace stars in the night sky for many. Yet, a New York State bill could change the skyline for many residents in the next few years. New York State representatives introduced a bill that aims...

A Brooklyn resident has claimed a $5 million top prize from the New York Lottery’s $300,000,000 Cash Payout scratch-off game. Adam El-Asha chose to receive his winnings as a lump sum payment of $3,061,207 after required withholdings, rather than through installment payments. El-Asha purchased the winning ticket at...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has circulated a memo to state lawmakers proposing to cut the state’s estate tax exemption from $7,350,000 to $750,000. A reduction of roughly 90% — while raising the top estate tax rate from 16% to 50%, according to multiple reports emerging this week. The proposal represents...