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Biden is courting LGBTQ+ voters in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden will court LGBTQ+ voters at a pair of New York City events a day after his widely panned performance against Donald Trump in the presidential campaign’s first debate. Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks at Friday’s grand opening of a visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument, which […]

New York City to restore library funding in impending budget

NEW YORK — After a protracted campaign enlisting Hillary Clinton, rallies with City Council members and a whole lot of memes blaming Mayor Eric Adams for cutting Sunday service, the city’s three library systems will be getting $58 million in cut funding restored. The Thursday night announcement from the mayor and City Council Speaker Adrienne […]

Traffic fatalities rise sharply in New York

Jun. 27—Motor vehicle fatalities in New York state rose 25.8% from 2019-2022, with fatalities at the highest level in a decade in 2022, even as the number of vehicle miles traveled, licensed drivers and traffic accidents have declined, according to a report released Thursday, June 27 by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Traffic fatalities in […]

New York City plans cellphone ban in schools

NEW YORK — The nation’s largest school system on Wednesday said it is planning to prohibit cellphone use during the school day, a major policy shift that comes as the Biden administration issues new warnings about the threat social media poses to children. New York City Public Schools will announce the rules early next month, […]

Incumbent New York state legislators enjoy a quiet primary

ALBANY, New York — Incumbent New York state legislators had one of their smoothest primary nights on record, with members from the center, far left and far right handily topping their challengers. Democratic Assemblymember Juan Ardila was the only incumbent in the 213-member Legislature who lost. And he was hardly a typical incumbent — he […]

Mannion wins Democratic primary in battleground upstate New York House seat

ALBANY, New York – The Associated Press has declared John Mannion the winner in the Democratic primary in a Syracuse-area congressional seat, setting him up for a November challenge against one of the country’s most vulnerable House Republicans. With a majority of the votes tallied, Mannion had 62 percent in his race against DeWitt town […]