New York

Governor Kathy Hochul announced several steps to curb the growing number of extreme acts of violence motivated by racial hatred.

Many New Yorkers are becoming sick with COVID even after being vaccinated and receiving one or even two booster shots.

Hochul told reporters that she wants to expand the state’s existing ban on some assault weapons to include what are called AOWs, or any other weapon. She said some of these guns are functionally assault weapons.

New York is set to hold a primary election for statewide offices, including governor and attorney general, as well as for state Assembly seats, on June 28. But primaries for congressional and state Senate seats will be held on August 23.

The Assembly has a history of sexual harassment allegations.

The governor said the funds will subsidize travel, lodging and other expenses associated with the procedure, to be used for people who live in states where abortion would be banned, if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging the Legislature to pass her bill to set up a $50 million fund to pay for abortion services for people who come to New York for the procedure from states where it is outlawed.

The New York governor is up to date on her vaccinations and is asymptomatic.

Known as familial DNA searching, the technique allows law enforcement agencies to search the state’s DNA databank for close biological relatives of people who have left traces of genetic material at a crime scene.

It allows a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with six months or less to live to get a prescription from their doctor for medication that they can take when their suffering becomes too great to bear.