By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A longshot bid to temporarily double a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most married couples went down to defeat Wednesday in the House. The limit was put in place as part of the sweeping tax cuts that a Republican-led ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The New York Racing Association is spearheading a study to evaluate the impact of various surfaces on equine injuries and fatalities. The formation of the all-weather-surfaces committee announced Wednesday comes after spates of horse deaths around the U.S. ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed solely because he was held at the wrong prison according to an interstate law on detainees, a state judge has ruled. Terrence Lewis was released earlier this ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi's winning back his Long Island House seat could provide a blueprint for Democrat Joe Biden 's reelection campaign heading into November, demonstrating his party's strength in competitive ...
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Police said they believe a shooting at a northern New York hospital may have narrowly been avoided after a disgruntled former employee was pulled over with a loaded semi-automatic shotgun blocks away from the facility. Robert Thibodeau, 52, was arrested Tuesday ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party's hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election ...
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines picketed and held rallies at 30 airports Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York's highest court will hear arguments Wednesday in his quest to overturn the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. Weinstein's lawyers are asking the ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected in court Thursday for an important hearing in his New York hush-money criminal case, which now appears increasingly likely to go to trial next month. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is set to rule on ...
By BILL BARROW Associated Press Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family's legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Businesses in New York are now required to clearly post exactly how much their products will cost if customers pay with a credit card, under a new state law that took effect Sunday. The consumer protection law means stores can no longer post a sign on a door and at the ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press An unusual special election in New York City's suburbs on Tuesday could be a bellwether in the fight for control of Congress. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, faces off with Republican Mazi Pilip, a county lawmaker, in a race for a House seat ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press An unusual special election in New York City's suburbs on Tuesday could be a bellwether in the fight for control of Congress. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, faces off with Republican Mazi Pilip, a county lawmaker, in a race for a House seat ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Businesses in New York are now required to clearly post exactly how much their products will cost if customers pay with a credit card, under a new state law that took effect Sunday. The consumer protection law means stores can no longer post a sign on a door and at the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters after violent incidents attributed to migrant shelter residents gained national attention in recent weeks. Mayor Eric Adams' administration will impose an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at 20 migrant shelters starting ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted in the notorious killing of a rookie New York City police officer at the height of the city's crack cocaine epidemic decades ago has been denied parole, state corrections officials confirmed Sunday. Todd Scott had been ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press A special election in the suburbs of New York to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos could offer clues about the mindset of suburban voters everywhere as 2024 election contests ramp up across the country. The Tuesday contest for the House seat ...
New York woman sentenced to probation and fines in COVID aid fraud schemes NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn woman who pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with various pandemic-era relief schemes was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and $650,000 in penalties. Prosecutors said ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as many as 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s, abuse that was laid bare by ...
PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said. The cars, part of a 94-car train operated by Berkshire & Eastern Railroad, derailed about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in ...