New York State

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum will waive admission fees for New Yorkers on the first Monday of every month.

A state initiative being rolled out in New York is supplying funding to support school districts transitioning from diesel to electric school buses. Officials say the program could supercharge the state’s goal to achieve 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

This year marks 100 years since the creation of the New York state park system. Historians and environmentalists agree that President Theodore Roosevelt and urban planner Robert Moses laid the groundwork for the beautiful scenery and vast exploration sites New York is known for today.

Over two dozen advocacy groups, including Riverhead teachers from Long Island, rallied outside the state Capitol in Albany to push for legislation to prevent tax revenue from being taken away from schools by local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs).

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a controversial bill that would have overhauled how state elections are financed.

Amid New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planning for the state’s 2024 fiscal budget, two reports released by the Fiscal Policy Institute and the state Officer of the Comptroller lay out the factors behind taxpayers' migration out of state both during and post-pandemic.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of December to sign the Birds and Bees Protection Act, a law that would cut down on the use of neonicotinoids, toxic pesticides that are harmful to pollinators.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is launching a program that will test whether real estate companies and agents treat prospective homebuyers differently based on race and other related factors.

Less than half of hunters in New York reported how many deer they harvested last year — even though they’re required to by law. Without that data, the state is limited in tracking the deer population.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved three offshore wind and nearly two dozen renewable energy projects to help New York shift to meet the state’s climate goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.