ALBANY, N.Y.—On Sept. 15, 2025, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urged five Long Island Rail Road unions to return to the bargaining table and accept binding arbitration, saying a “fair offer” is on the table and directing the MTA to negotiate “anytime, anywhere.” Ms. Hochul said a strike would disrupt nearly 300,000 daily LIRR riders…
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlighted more than $10.1 million in state funding to modernize law-enforcement technology across New York’s Capital Region—part of $127 million in statewide grants—including $387,000 for the East Greenbush Police Department to acquire radios, drones, night-vision gear and dispatch upgrades. The governor said the investments are improving officer safety and helping link and…
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended 20 properties and districts for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, from Kingston’s c.1750–1870 Pine Street African Burial Ground and Jackie Robinson–developed Fulton Park Plaza in Brooklyn to Buffalo’s McKinley Parkway Historic District, poised to be the…
On September 11, 2025 in Albany, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a package of 9/11 laws to expand support for survivors’ families and first responders: A.2123-A/S.1165-A (the “Ignazio Giacalone Act”) grants extra civil service exam credits to children and siblings of NYC sanitation workers who died from 9/11-related illnesses; A.8417/S.8181 revitalizes the September 11th Worker Protection…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, speaking at True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo on Sept. 7, cautioned that federal Medicaid reductions could shutter hospitals and cost health care jobs statewide. She outlined plans to counter rising costs with the state’s largest middle-class tax cut in decades, inflation rebates, and expanded free school meals. Hochul also…
On September 8, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New Yorkers have saved more than $100 million through the MTA’s expanded CityTicket program, which now covers all off-peak and peak train rides on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. Since March 2022, over 37.2 million discounted tickets have been sold, giving residents in the…