Opinion
New York’s Giant Climate Tax
Electricity rates soar as Albany’s green policies bite consumers.
Mystery donor funds $10 million campaign against Hochul home care plan
In late November, United CDPAP hired Joseph Crowley — a once-powerful member of Congress from Queens — to lobby the federal ...
Rival Dem Ritchie Torres blasts NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as critics charged up over Con Ed’s proposed rate hikes
The utility giant is asking the state's utilities regulator to jack up average electric bills by 11.4% and send gas bills ...
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Lawmakers, advocates spar over Gov. Hochul’s proposal to expand involuntary commitment criteria
In an effort to stem violence on New York City streets and subways, and to help treat severely mentally ill people, Hochul ...
MTA honcho quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency’s $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from ...
Albany County leaders react to ON-RAMP expansion at former Saint Rose campus
Leaders from the Albany County Legislature joined New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to announce the expansion of the state ...
22 States Sue to Block New York Law Targeting Fossil Fuel Companies
Emboldened by President Trump, West Virginia and other states are challenging a law that makes corporate polluters pay for ...
MTA facing 'tumultuous period' with new conditions on immigration, birth rates, Chair Janno Lieber says
Testifying at a state budget hearing in Albany, MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said his agency is “in a tumultuous period ...