Public school students in New York State will have a new day off to celebrate the Lunar New Year. For the first time, ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is questioning the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee ...

Two New Jersey men were criminally charged for participating in an international stolen merchandise ring based in Kew Gardens ...

Efforts to ban students' cellphones at school is gaining rare bipartisan consensus in Republican and Democrat-led states.

CM Nantasha Williams and Sen. James Sanders Jr. both of Queens are determined to keep the investigation into Malcolm X's assassination alive ...

The Houston Texans waived Diontae Johnson Tuesday after the beleaguered receiver — who was released by the Ravens earlier ...

Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency ...

The new law, signed by the governor in late December, will raise $3 billion each year from large fossil-fuel companies for ...

The agriculture-focused proposals in Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State address include boosting farmland protection and ...

Phil Murphy signed legislation into law on Monday creating the Target Zero Commission, which will investigate how to stop traffic deaths and serious injuries.

New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law -- ...