Gov. Hochul highlights free school meals in NY having breakfast with students
NEW YORK (WRGB) — Governor Kathy Hochul visited Manorhaven Elementary School on Long Island Friday morning to eat Breakfast With Elementary Students. This is a continued highlight Her Free Universal School Meals Initiative which she first introduced in January of 2025 during her State of The State. The research...
Parents Push Back Against Nyc’s Controversial Cellphone Ban in Schools
New York City parents push back against the controversial cellphone ban in schools that was recently implemented.
Meet Frankie Focus, New York’s school cellphone ban mascot
As NYC public school students returned to class Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul had a surprise to help usher in the new statewide ban on cellphones.
Buried In Upstate New York. Do You Know Their Incredible Stories?
This gallery tells the amazing (and little known) stories of 9 Americans buried in Upstate New York
NYC public schools face first day back under new cellphone ban
At Mother Hale Academy PS 65X in Mott Haven, the school day now begins not just with morning announcements and classroom greetings, but also with students locking away their phones in secure pouches until the final bell rings.
State charges 12 distributors in largest criminal vape enforcement ever
State police have arrested more than a dozen people in what officials are calling the largest criminal vape enforcement action in New York history. Dubbed Operation Vapers’ Dozen, the statewide sweep targeted 12 online vape distributors accused of illegally shipping flavored e-cigarettes and other vapor products...
September 4: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1876, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said, “The cheap rates of travel this Fall will enable hundreds of people to have a holiday who have not usually had the opportunity, and the Centennial Exhibition will be the objective point with nearly all of them. There is a warning to be given to such as go there...
Proposal calls for stricter regulations on pools at New York day cares
Police said 1-year-old River Wilson was found unresponsive in a backyard swimming pool at a residential Bronx day care.
The natural gas pipelines and energy transmission line projects NY is debating
New York has some big energy needs in the years to come, between meeting clean electricity goals in the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, attempting to replace dirty power sources like gas and oil, new technologies like AI demanding additional energy and strains that come from increasingly common...
Unexpected Alligator Sighting Sparks Alarm In New York
An alligator was just found lurking in New York State, sparking major safety concerns. Here’s what officials are now warning
