Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.* According to a new report in Roll Call, the ...

Several sharks were spotted prowling the waters at Rockaway Beach, prompting a stretch of popular summer destination to close ...

Residents and tourists of New York City flocked to Coney Island Beach on Saturday as a heatwave scorched the area over the weekend. Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency as the Big ...

At Jones Beach State Park, hours before the annual fireworks show, huge crowds gathered to soak up the remaining hours of ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget reconciliation and ...

There’s Mamdani, a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America by way of a noted workers’ paradise, Bowdoin, who’s ...

In October 2012, the Specht family suffered a devastating loss when their 22-month-old son, Richard Edwin-Ehmer Specht, who ...

Phones will be off-limits for students next school year. One WNY district says it could cost six figures just to comply—here’s why: ...

Podcaster Show PlayerOther measures included legislation initiated by Gov. Kathy Hochul to grant the City of Dunkirk a $13.7 million loan as it faces a $12.7 debt due by July 24; a bill allowing ...

BRAD TO THE BONE: Lander has been struggling for attention in the mayoral race. On Tuesday, all eyes turned to him as ICE agents arrested him outside an immigration courtroom — a spectacle that ...

Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo by 12 percentage points in the Democratic mayoral primary, according to ranked-choice voting results released Tuesday. The resounding victory defies months of ...

Surging in recent polls but generally still in second place, Mamdani was subject to the frontrunner treatment as his opponents knocked his paltry record in the state Legislature, far-left views and ...