Gov. Kathy Hochul presents New York state’s Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 FY budget is 2.4% greater than last year’s budget, focusing on safety, transportation, health, housing and education. Read more »
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 FY budget is 2.4% greater than last year’s budget, focusing on safety, transportation, health, housing and education. Read more »
Housing Works became the first organization to legally sell cannabis in New York state. New York's Cannabis Control Board approved 36 CAURD licenses in November 2022, eight for nonprofit organizations and 28 for business owners who themselves have or whose relatives have a past cannabis-related conviction in NYS. Read more »
Syracuse University has not announced special transfer protocols for Cazenovia College students, despite 11 other surrounding colleges and universities announcing "Teach Out" partnerships for accepting transfers. Read more »
Hochul announced programs that will prioritize housing development, transportation, clean energy and public safety. Read more »
Cazenovia College announced it will permanently close its doors after the spring 2023 semester, citing financial issues as the main factor in the school's decision. Read more »
The rallies occurred in New York City, Albany and Mineola, although organizers said the issues are relevant across the state and in Syracuse. Read more »
The complaint in Anthony Broadwater's lawsuit against the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County was unsealed on Tuesday on the heels of an affidavit mandating an answer from the defendants by Dec. 27. Read more »
The second part of the bill, Kelles said, enables the NYS DEC to conduct a full environmental impact assessment on the state’s ability to reach current climate goals. Read more »
Polls in September and October bounced between Conole and Williams, and now after two days, the race is still too close to call. Read more »
People can request an absentee ballot to vote in the Nov. 8 elections in New York state until Oct. 24. Read more »
The two remaining third parties that will appear on ballots — the Working Families Party and the Conservative Party — frequently use a practice known as fusion voting, where major party candidates can have their names appear multiple times on the same ballot as different parties’ candidates. Read more »
18 SUNY and 16 CUNY schools will receive a portion of $4 million allocated to increasing diversity in the mental health field. Read more »
The agreement is part of a plan to restore and rehabilitate natural resources damaged by the release of hazardous substances, according to the statement. Read more »
Hochul is a Buffalo native and Syracuse University alumna, where she served as the vice president of the Student Association in the late 1970s. Read more »
In a press conference held at Planned Parenthood’s Syracuse Health Center Friday afternoon, central New York legislators and local leaders spoke on the controversial ruling’s impact on future generations of Americans. Read more »
The package includes raising the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21, revising red-flag laws and banning the sale of bullet-resistant body vests. Read more »
The Daily Orange compiled a list of the significant political events that are happening in New York state throughout this summer. Read more »
Rep. Antonio Delgado, a Democrat who has represented the 19th Congressional District of New York since 2019, will become the state’s next lieutenant governor. Read more »
The McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center in Onondaga County will receive $670,000 in funding as a part of New York state’s Community Violence Intervention Act. Read more »
Comments ranged from outright support for the drafted plan to proposed alternatives in order to meet the state's goal of decreasing carbon emissions by 85% below 1990 levels by 2050. Read more »
Gov. Kathy Hochul and top legislators are expected to appeal the ruling, and a decision could come as soon as this week. Read more »
New York state will establish a new office to improve the state’s workforce development programs, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. Read more »
Onondaga County will receive over $3.7 million in the first round of opioid settlement payments, according to a press release from the New York state attorney general’s office on Tuesday. Read more »
The Daily Orange broke down how the state resolved key issues that originally stalled the budget’s approval. Read more »