ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the State University of New York (SUNY) has achieved enrollment growth for the second year in a row, marking the first back-to-back increase in overall enrollment across all SUNY institutions in 15 years. This rise in student numbers includes significant gains among first-year undergraduates, low-income students, and…
ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Kathy Hochul, along with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, announced the allocation of over $140 million in ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Grants to improve broadband access in New York. The funding will support the construction of 1,200 miles of public broadband infrastructure across the Central New York, Finger…
The federal government, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has implemented a ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs, including some typically used for Christmas decorations, across the United States. This policy shift, which began to take effect in the 2022-2023 period, marks a significant push towards energy efficiency, encouraging the use of…
ALBANY, N.Y. – Nancy Salzman, former president of the now-defunct group NXIVM, is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly failing to comply with a financial settlement intended to benefit the group’s victims. Nearly 70 plaintiffs, who initially filed a suit against Salzman, NXIVM founder Keith Raniere, and other former leaders in 2020, filed the legal…
ITHACA, N.Y. — Downtown Ithaca’s culinary landscape expanded recently with the opening of Tavern on the Commons, a new eatery located on the ground floor of the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Seneca and Tioga streets. The tavern opened during the Apple Harvest Festival weekend, replacing Kilpatrick’s Publick House, yet preserving its iconic…
The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced late Friday that it won’t bring criminal charges against an NYPD officer who, responding to an emergency in October 2020, sped through a red light at 60 mph and fatally struck a young woman crossing a street in The Bronx. The Office of Special…
Landlords and realtors sent a clear message to the Syracuse Common Council at a Thursday public hearing on “good cause” eviction protections: opt into a local version of the eviction protections bill and they will take their business to the suburbs and other cities.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Frustration boiled over in City Hall before three members of Common Council walked out over a contentious vote near the end of a late-night city budget meeting on Thursday. Instead of voting on an amendment that would have set aside funds to raise the mayor’s salary from $30,000 to $62,500 a year,…
ITHACA, N.Y. — On Oct. 22, New York State Police in Ithaca arrested 28-year-old Ross Haley of Syracuse for Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, a class “E” felony. An investigation revealed that in 2022, Haley engaged in a text conversation with an unknown victim. During the exchange, the victim believed he received sexually explicit…
WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. — On October 24 at 11:47 a.m., New York State Police and EMS personnel responded to a fishing access site across from 2677 Main Street in the village of Whitney Point. Authorities discovered a 35-year-old male from Whitney Point deceased along the riverbank. The investigation is ongoing, but police do not believe…