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Blakeman claims state policies are fueling crime that spills into the suburbs, including Nassau County, where he serves as county executive.
Magaly Irizarry The shutdown is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Monday and last for nine to 12 days. [ more › ]
The governor is running for reelection as ideological fissures threaten to tear her party apart.
Hip-hop feud heats up New York governor's race
New York municipalities can seek $200 million through the next rounds of two downtown programs, but applicants face housing, planning and deadline requirements. Downtown revitalization funding is now available to cities, towns and villages across New York through Round 10 of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and Round 5 of NY Forward. Applications are due through the state Consolidated Funding Application portal by 4 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2027.
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has completed a substantial portion of main line work on the $1.4 billion Van Wyck Expressway Project. Managed-use lanes opened on Friday in both directions between the Kew Gardens Interchange and Atlantic Avenue and John F. Kennedy International Airport. The managed-use lanes will operate as high-occupancy vehicle […] The post New York State DOT completes most of Van Wyck Expressway Project appeared first on Transportation Today .
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The flu season has officially started, as the New York State Department of Health reported multiple respiratory outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes throughout the state. In the latest surveillance report, there were 3,526 confirmed cases of influenza and 2,896 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York. The Department of Health […]
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) achieved several significant milestones following a surge in railroad ridership, with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the second time this year, and Metro-North Railroad setting new weekend ridership records, driven by fall travel, including foliage trains serving the Hudson Valley. Ridership on both railroads is at or near historic highs for both weekday and weekend travel, with LIRR monthly ridership in September now exceeding pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
More than 400,000 New Yorkers have already cast their ballots over the six days of early voting in New York City. This year, claims about election integrity at the polls have been circulating, including from President Donald Trump. There are poll watchers who observe voting and ballot counting and flag...
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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced $8.3 million in capital grants for 59 food banks and emergency food assistance organizations across New York State on Oct. 26. More than $2.2 million of the funding will go to New York City organizations, $1.2 million of which will go to Kings County.
New York state’s Republican House incumbents deserve to retain their seats, and The Post strongly endorses their re-election. We have already made the case for Rep. Mike Lawler in the swinging 17th Congressional District, where he faces a tight race against the carpetbagging Cait Conley, but the rest of the delegation merits plaudits, too. Nicole Maliotakis , New York City’s highest ranked elected Republican, repping Staten Island and Bay Ridge, has solidified her hold over the once-purple 11th CD through steady advocacy for her constituents on immigration enforcement and opposition to the rising socialist tide across the city. Abdul El-Sayed’s dad sits on board of Islamic charity accused of funneling cash to Saddam Hussein New York state’s Republican House incumbents deserve to retain their seats, and The Post strongly endorses their re-election. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock Nick LaLota and Andrew Garbarino of the 1st and 2nd districts, covering Suffolk and a slice of Nassau, are solid moderates with a proven willingness to work across the aisle without sacrificing their commitment to core values of lower taxes and limited government. Alaska governor orders probe of Mary Peltola Senate campaign over ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan scandal Nick Langworthy , repping the Southern Tier and the
New York Governor Kathy Hochul was seen alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Brooklyn rally ahead of the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, in which she faces Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman. The Democrats focused on child care costs and Republican strategies during the event, held at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, on...
Letitia James, attorney general of New York, is aware that Jews in the state are worried, she told JNS on Tuesday, as Manhattan elected officials endorsed her bid for reelection. “I’ve heard from individuals who are afraid to wear their yarmulkes outside,” she said at an event on the Upper...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A former FDNY commissioner from Staten Island is calling on state leaders to prevent autonomous vehicles from operating in New York, citing a series of incidents across the country where driverless cars have interfered with emergency responders. In an op-ed that appeared in the New...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Oct. 27 that PATH Director and General Manager Clarelle DeGraffe is retiring after more than 37 years with the agency, the last seven of which were spent leading the PATH rail transit system. Under her leadership, in 2022, PATH was...
Monday marked the first morning commute on the redesigned Van Wyck Expressway after New York completed a $1.4 billion reconstruction project. The project revamped a 4.3-mile stretch of the expressway, adding new lanes for certain vehicles in an effort to improve traffic flow, including for drivers traveling to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced the $11 billion Midtown Bus Terminal replacement to preparatory work on a temporary storage and staging facility, ROI-NJ reported after the agency's Oct. 23 announcement. That building will serve as the interim terminal once the existing main terminal is...
Bruce Blakeman, the Republican challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul for New York's top office, is leaning hard into a pitch aimed at an unlikely audience: lifelong Democrats who say they are fed up with their own party. The Nassau County Executive has been crisscrossing the state promising to cut taxes, slash utility bills and make neighborhoods safer, framing the race as a chance for frustrated voters in deep-blue territory to break ranks.
