New York City issued its first drought warning in 22 years and paused major repairs to its main water aqueduct out of concern for the lack of rainfall.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

Police say one person was critically injured as a bus with more than two dozen passengers aboard rolled over on a highway in upstate New York.

A federal appeals court in New York says a recent Supreme Court decision does not alter its conclusion that New York can enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations.

Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan.

New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams' indictment.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to stay in office after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of letting Turkish officials and businesspeople buy his influence with illegal campaign contributions and lavish overseas trips.

The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about China’s efforts to influence U.S. politics.

The arrest of a former aide to two New York governors highlights a broad effort by the federal government to root out covert agents advancing China’s interests on American soil.

Federal prosecutors say a former aide to two New York governors has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government.

Prosecutors have confirmed Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan.

A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim.

Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England.

New York's governor has signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive.

Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system, following what she described as concerns over people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts.

Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers.

The New York state Legislature has passed a bill that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm — a regulation that tries to curtail feeds that critics argue are addicting to children.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has halted a plan to charge motorists big tolls to enter the core of Manhattan.

New York lawmakers say they are finalizing legislation aimed at giving parents more control over what their kids see on social media.

After a years-long breakup with his hometown, former President Donald Trump is back in New York, this time as a criminal defendant.

New York lawmakers have approved a $237 billion state budget that includes plans to spur housing construction, combat unlicensed marijuana stores and address the migrant crisis.

Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are exploring the possibility of selling a non-controlling, minority interest in the franchise, the team announced.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants and crack down on illegal marijuana shops.

New York’s governor has ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

A little-known and rarely enforced law that makes cheating on your spouse a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past.

The state of New York is moving to update its fracking ban.

New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program as lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles have severely hampered the legal market and black-market sellers have flourished.

Prosecutors say a man who shot and critically wounded another man on a New York City subway train will not immediately be charged with a crime while prosecutors investigate whether the shooter acted justifiably in self-defense.

America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.

A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border is still hospitalized, days after the crash.

The New York Police Department has been taking a more active role in trying to influence public policy through slick online videos and social media posts.

Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some big U.S. cities, and so are efforts aimed at persuading the public that officials are taking the issue seriously.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is sending the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons.

A Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police officer in Times Square, then flipping off news cameras on his way out of court, was cleared of wrongdoing on Friday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts.

Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could provide a blueprint for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign heading into November.

New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

With snow falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour, a group of about 85 people tried to dig out the Buffalo Bills' stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday.

Subfreezing temperatures blasting much of the U.S. have put millions of Americans at risk of potentially dangerous cold as winter storms have left four dead and continue to dump snow from coast to coast.

A potentially dangerous snowstorm in the Buffalo region led the NFL to push back the Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday.

The expansive version of free speech long accepted in American society is facing more forceful competition than it has seen in a century.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her annual State of the State address.

A major winter storm bringing up to a foot of snow and freezing rain to some communities spread across New England, sending residents scurrying to pull out their shovels and snowblowers to clear sidewalks and driveways.

New York’s minimum-wage workers have more than just the new year to celebrate.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one.

New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday.

Medical debt will no longer appear on the credit reports of New York residents.

New York Democrats say the state will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in an effort to turn upstate New York into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing.

A man arrested for firing gunshots outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York been federally charged.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi has been selected to be the Democratic nominee in next year’s special election to replace George Santos after he was expelled from the U.S. House.

Officials say a man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody.

Next year's Belmont Stakes will take place at Saratoga Race Course.

With George Santos out of Congress, the special election to fill his seat has been set for Feb. 13.

Authorities say there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the vehicle crash and explosion that left two people dead at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge.

A year-long suspension of the legal time limit to sue over sexual assaults against adults in New York has led to a tidal wave of claims on behalf of women who were incarcerated.

A proposed ban on noncompete agreements has come under a fierce attack by business groups in New York.

New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate the public on the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex.

Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on an online discussion board.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide during the onset of the pandemic and the sexual harassment scandal that forced Cuomo from office in 2021 has written a memoir.

Hamas is blaming a blast at a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds of people on an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by another militant group, Islamic Jihad.

Police in New York, Los Angeles, and other U.S. cities have increased patrols, authorities put up fencing around the U.S. Capitol and some schools closed amid fears of violence inspired by the Israel-Hamas war.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system.

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users.

New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it.

A neighbor who witnessed 9-year-old Charlotte Sena being rescued in upstate New York is describing the scene as right out of a movie.

A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York has been found safe following a two day search.

Police were searching for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping with her family in upstate New York.

New York City is drying out after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades.

A storm has delivered one of the wettest days in decades to the New York metropolitan area.

A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp careened off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill setting the state’s presidential primary for April 2, potentially putting former President Donald Trump on the ballot as he stands trial in Manhattan for a hush-money criminal case.

As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts.

New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding.

Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking President Joe Biden to help the state handle a surge of migrants arriving to the city.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration wants to house migrants in a notorious federal jail that was closed after disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide there led to its squalid conditions being deemed unsafe for humans.

Heavy rains are pounding an already saturated Northeast for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, canceled airline flights and power outages.

New York's former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died at the age of 89.

The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state.

New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has warned that the Belmont Stakes could be canceled if air quality doesn't improve.

A thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke is looming over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day, and it’s expected to persist as long as the weekend.

New York's attorney general is suing a gun accessory manufacturer for selling a magazine lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines.

New Yorkers next year won’t have to go through their doctors to get prescription contraceptives under a bill that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law.

A U.S. Supreme Court order that keeps access to an abortion drug in place for now could be especially welcome in some safe haven states that would have been hit hard by restrictions.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail.

New York is joining other states in stockpiling abortion pills.

A proposal to create more affordable housing statewide has run into howls of opposition in one of the birthplaces of the American suburb.

A regulatory takeover of a New York-based bank was intended to send a message to banks to stay away from the cryptocurrency business.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead.

A huge new commuter rail terminal built in caverns beneath New York City’s landmark Grand Central Terminal received its first regular passenger trains Wednesday.

When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail.

New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has kicked off her reelection campaign.

The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce for now a sweeping new law banning guns from “sensitive places” such as schools, playgrounds and Times Square and increasing training requirements.

Just in time for the New Year, New York lawmakers will be the highest paid state legislators in the nation under a bill signed Saturday.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state.

The death toll from the blizzard that hit the Buffalo area over the weekend has grown to nearly 40.