The Latest Breaking News from Kathy Hochul

Mount Vernon’s crumbling sewage infrastructure has for years caused unsanitary backups in homes and pollution of local rivers

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to maneuver the sudden arrest and resignation of her running mate and lieutenant governor on bribery charges as she tries to win her party’s nomination in June

Investigators are still searching for the suspected gunman identified as 62-year-old Frank R James

SAN DIEGO — The $850 million stadium deal the NFL and Buffalo Bills wrangled from New York politicians will keep the popular football team in Greater Buffalo, where a Super Bowl parade is a real possibility next winter.

Despite some extremist groups’ misguided legal efforts, it remains extraordinarily difficult to legally purchase firearms in New York City. They can still be had on the black market coming in from the persistent Iron Pipeline, but Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have begun cracking down on that smuggling…

NEW YORK — Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned from office Tuesday, hours after he was arrested and charged with five counts of bribery and fraud in a federal corruption probe, bowing to a ballooning scandal and adding a baffling wrinkle into the spring Democratic primary.

Democrat Brian Benjamin pleads not guilty in Manhattan to several charges, as arrest creates political crisis for governor Kathy Hochul

Prosecutors say politician ‘abused his authority as a New York State senator, engaging in a bribery scheme using public funds for his own corrupt purposes’

NEW YORK — New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested Tuesday and is facing federal campaign finance fraud and bribery charges related to his time as a state senator and his failed city comptroller bid.