Bird flu risk is low for people and there are no identified New York state human cases, but people should avoid direct ...

A new in-person science and engineering research fair for middle school students from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties will premier on Saturday, April 26 at Edgemont High School. The ...

Nassau County Republicans are taking it on the chin politically in the proposed settlement of two cases claiming the GOP redistricting of the county legislature was illegally discriminatory. And ...

Several warming centers are open across the Lower Hudson Valley to help keep people out of frigid outdoor temperatures.

By the American Revolution, some 15,000 enslaved people lived and labored in New York State; the 1790 census shows that approximately 6 percent of people in Westchester County were enslaved ...

Ken Jenkins has been a fixture in Westchester County government for 18 years ... proposing new congressional lines in New York — and produced a map with surprisingly little rancor a year ...

A new snowfall projection map has been released as a Nor'easter is due to slam the region. Here's the latest from the ...

By Ginia Bellafante Ginia Bellafante writes the Big City column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of New York City ... his parents in Westchester County when he had an ...

ALBANY — New York has a separate, lower minimum wage for restaurant ... a minimum wage of $11 an hour in New York City, Westchester County and on Long Island. They’re paid at least $10. ...

A 50-year-old man suffered traumatic injuries and was airlifted to a hospital after crashing his motorcycle in the Hudson Valley. The crash happened in Putnam County on Sunday, Jan. 12 around 12:30 p.