May is National Foster Care Month, and the NYS State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has launched a new peer support line to assist youth and young adults with involvement in the ...

Fatal overdoses dropped nearly 32% statewide in 2024, exceeding a nationwide decline in drug-related fatalities, as prevention and education programs, along with the wide-scale availability of ...

Are you owed money? Maybe there’s an old utility deposit, a trust fund, an old bank account or an unused gift card? The New York State Office of the Comptroller wants you to know that if you ...

Democratic leaders packed the long-overdue state budget with policy measures that will benefit themselves including changes that can help bolster their reelection bids with taxpayer dough.

Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature recently reached an agreement on a “bell-to-bell” smartphone ban in schools. This new legislation will take effect for the 2025-2026 school ...

Los Lonely Boys will perform at the NYS Fair’s Chevy Court stage on Sunday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. The concert is free with admission to the Fair. Los Lonely Boys is a Texas-based band that first ...

An unstable former New York state trooper almost copped Wednesday to faking a shooting at a Long Island traffic stop — but derailed his confession by making another frank admission. Thomas ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a $254 billion state budget deal has been reached, including a "bell-to-bell" school cellphone ban. The governor's budget is nearly a month late, but it has most of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—According to Governor Kathy Hochul, it’s estimated that 1.5 million New Yorkers could lose their Medicaid coverage or Essential plan if a budget passed by the U.S. House ...

Don’t be fooled by a new scam. The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has issued a new warning about fraudulent text messages that make false claims about E-ZPass accounts ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Governor Kathy Hochul announced that reported gun violence across New York State has continued to decline, reaching the lowest level since the state began tracking this data in ...

WATCH: NYS DOCCS: Corrections officer strike is over; more than 2,000 officers terminated NYS DOCCS: Corrections officer strike is over; more than 2,000 officers terminated The 7 News I-Team took ...