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ALBANY — State leaders are looking to implement a new tax on luxury second homes in New York City, and now some upstate Democratic lawmakers are asking why municipalities upstate

ALBANY — Representatives from Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division paid the state Capitol a visit for their annual lobbying day, and this year the commanding general came with

ALBANY — The state legislature is barreling toward the end of its voting session this year as major points of the budget remain in question. On Monday, lawmakers voted on

ALBANY — A review of the state prison system that was expected last summer is still not available for review by the public or state lawmakers, and Sen. Daniel G.

ALBANY — Dairy Day came to the state Capitol on Tuesday — part celebration and part lobbying push.

ALBANY — State lawmakers passed another budget bill on Tuesday, with a plan in place to pass the last of the 10 bills that constitute the spending plan by Thursday.

ALBANY — Lawmakers left town for the rest of the year last Friday after buttoning up the last votes of the 2026 legislative session; and some of Northern New Yorks

More than $140 million in federal money is coming to New York and its local governments to help them prepare for emergencies of all kinds.

ALBANY — The group that runs New York's electrical grid is warning that the energy system is at its next crossroads, facing a multitude of challenges at one time with a narrow path to meeting all expectations.

Communities across upstate New York that border Canada are getting millions of dollars in federal support through the Northern Border Regional Commission, a cooperative federal and state entity dedicated to investing in the poorest areas of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.