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Michigan, South Dakota, Wyoming, and New York have all been issued winter storm warnings and advisories.

ONLY hours remain before new speed limit rules come into effect in a major US state, clamping down on dangerous driving. This latest set of regulations introduce penalties for exceeding the speed limit by as little as 1mph. Even more urgently, the rollout is set for February 1. The stringent...

Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a state budget of $260 billion that includes new spending on low-income housing, an expansion of the J-51 tax break program for affordable building owners and harsher penalties for landlords who harass rent-regulated tenants. This is the fifth and final year of Hochul’s $25...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani teased on Wednesday that he plans to “tax the richest New Yorkers and most profitable corporations” as a fulfillment of one of his campaign promises. The move is meant to address the $12 billion budget deficit passed down by former New York Mayor Eric Adams, according to his progressive...

CITYWIDE — THE CITY WILL CELEBRATE ITS FIRST PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MUSLIM-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, which ​took place this January. Gov. Kathy Hochul proclaimed January 2026 as Muslim-American Heritage Month to honor the contributions of adherents of the world’s second-largest religion, particularly in New York’s...

Preparedness for HHS Region 2, spanning NY, NJ, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, expanded ahead of the influx of visitors for 2026 World Cup events. NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue announced today that it has trained close to 500 health care and public health professionals across four jurisdictions in 2025 to...

New Yorkers can file their 2025 taxes until April 15, and can use free tax software to save money, while the IRS and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance offer assistance programs for those who need it.

Two earned wage access providers, DailyPay and MoneyLion, asked New York state courts Friday to dismiss complaints filed against them last year by the New York Attorney General’s office. The AG alleged that both firms make illegal loans that constitute abusive lending and violate New York’s usury laws.

NYRA announced that it was canceling live racing at Aqueduct this Wednesday through Friday due to projected arctic temperatures in the New York City area.

Governor Kathy Hochul today celebrated Radical AI, a scientific research and development company focused on discovering novel inorganic materials, for establishing New York’s first fully autonomous materials science laboratory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The company will renovate and repurpose space in Building 20 to...