STATEWIDE Legislature Returns to Albany for the Final Months of Session More than 400,000 NY students face higher student loan interest rates if Congress fails to act LONG ISLAND Suffolk plan trims layoffs by almost 150 NYC Cuomo taps Paterson … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Local and state fire departments recruit new firefighters due to declining memberships HUDSON VALLEY Sullivan spending up along with revenues CAPITAL Ripple effects of 3 vacancies Albany County to save $1 million in rent with purchase of Family Court … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Tastes like NY: IDC seeks expanded eat-local initiative LONG ISLAND Bellone, aides will freeze their salaries in Suffolk County NYC Bloomberg Calls for Residential Smoking Rules HUDSON VALLEY Rockland residents save over $500,000 with the ProAct Rx discount cards … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Officials are pessimistic about the future of racing LONG ISLAND Bellone to revise layoff list by Friday Nassau targets sex abuse in youth sports NYC 54 New Schools Will Open This Fall, Bloomberg Says HUDSON VALLEY Operation Safe Stop … Continue reading →

LONG ISLAND Nassau OKs street as ‘Tuskegee Airmen Way’ NYC New York’s Poverty Rate Rises, Study Finds HUDSON VALLEY Legislators push plan to kick in on health insurance Hein to name new health commissioner Rockland County STOP-DWI Honors Top Law … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Proposed law would help control invasive species LONG ISLAND Editorial: Municipalities are on the brink Editorial: Control boards are mixed bag NYC Budget cuts may ax childcare services in city’s wealthy areas HUDSON VALLEY Tax Watch: Putnam jail lacks … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Cuomo issues Executive Order creating health-care exchange LONG ISLAND Games For Physically Challenged To Be Hosted Again By Nassau NYC Evicted From Park, Occupy Protesters Take to Sidewalks HUDSON VALLEY Hein issues executive order banning use of hydrofracking brine … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Cuomo breaks out veto pen for pork NY state parks system getting $89M funding boost LONG ISLAND Feds: Bellport food stamp fraud tied to drugs NYC N.Y. will pick up some local flood costs  HUDSON VALLEY  Putnam launches tourism … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE Even Without New Contracts, Many Public Employees Get Raises LONG ISLAND Cuomo declares state of emergency in Long Island fire NYC NYU agrees to scale back expansion plan HUDSON VALLEY Ulster lawmaker withdraws ‘Truth in Taxation’ bill for now … Continue reading →

STATEWIDE New York to conduct more probes of bus lines with poor safety Smoking banned at playgrounds, pools in state parks LONG ISLAND LI firefighters tackle huge wildfire NYC Titanic’s wealthiest passenger built NYC hotel HUDSON VALLEY Area jails await … Continue reading →