Politics

Western New Yorker, Democrat Kathy Hochul makes history again, being elected the first woman Governor in the Empire State.

Governor Hochul announced that over $38 million is being awarded to conserve New York farmland through the Farmland Protection Implementation Grants program.

The United States is expected to allow up to 100,000 Ukrainian war refugees to enter the country. And the grassroots Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition is laying the groundwork to welcome them and provide services.

Delaware County is getting a new Undersheriff.

The first crack at making a buck off legal recreational marijuana use in New York will go to some of the people who got in trouble for using pot.

Former Oneonta Mayor David Brenner passed away March 4th at the age of 90 at Cooperstown Center Rehabilitation and Nursing Home . Brenner was Mayor of the City for three terms from 1986 until 1998.

While New York works to launch a legal recreational marijuana market, some entrepreneurs have jumped into a legal gray area.

New York state is looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours a week in a move that is quickly being met by praise and backlash.

New York State is in for billions of dollars in federal funding being allocated to fix deteriorating bridges according to the state’s senior U.S. Senator.

New York State is starting a new social media campaign to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among school-age children.