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The resolution does contain conditions limiting its scope. Those include that the state government should only consider making vaccinations mandatory if voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations fall short of producing needed levels of population immunity; that an assessment of the health threat to various

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will sign an executive order Wednesday to make Juneteenth a holiday for New York State employees, and will propose legislation to commemorate the day as an official state holiday next year.

It's absolutely bizarre that two of the people allegedly responsible for torching a police vehicle during the New York City riots were lawyers. They're going to need their knowledge of the law now. According to the Department of Justice, they are

Protesters hold demonstrations across the region condemning police brutality and racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

The State Senate passed the bill on Tuesday with a majority of 40-22 and Governor Cuomo says he will sign it into law this week. All the Republicans in the Senate voted against it.

Vincent D'Andraia is the NYPD officer who was recorded pushing activist Dounya Zayer to the ground during a protest against police brutality in Brooklyn, New York.

A Buffalo police officer was caught on video shoving a man to the ground, causing him to bang his head on the sidewalk and start bleeding from the back of skull, according to the local public radio station. The video shows the man, wearing a face mask, wa

At least two law enforcement officers in Buffalo, New York, were injured Monday evening when a vehicle drove into a crowd of dozens of police officers and state troopers.

Watch as NYPD squad cars ram into protesters in New York City. The videos are going viral.

Chris Summers has a pending unemployment claim, but $600 was deposited into his account by the unemployment office. He just wants to know if that money is really is.

Chuck Schumer is warning of massive public sector layoffs in the absence of federal aid to state and local governments

New York has to borrow money from the federal government to pay its state unemployment benefits after more than a million newly jobless residents filed claims amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Cuomo said 14.9% of those tested statewide tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, which is up from the initial 13.9% in a previous sampling.

New York City is looking to streamline the coronavirus testing process and hire 1,000 health care professionals for its contact tracing program.

New York City may have had nearly 2 million cases of COVID-19, according to an antibody study that revealed that 21% of tested NYC residents has had the virus, according to the New York Times . The information comes from testing done on 1,300 supermarket

I live paycheck to paycheck. I have no savings, and I spent my tax return on supplies for my child and my elderly parents. I just want to survive.

Nearly all coronavirus patients who needed ventilators in New York's largest health system to help them breathe died, a study found.

To continue to control the spread of the virus, Cuomo said he is extending New York's PAUSE order to keep non-essential businesses and schools closed through May 15.

The novel caronavirus economic shutdown is now claiming jobs in wider range of industry sectors