Some lawmakers in Albany want school districts to be able to allow cellphone use between classes, despite concerns from Gov.

Backers of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed “bell-to-bell” ban on the use of smartphones in schools are flunking Democrats in the ...

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and other House Democrats are expressing their fury at Senate counterparts and Sen Charles Schumer over the GOP spending bill.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in ...

Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos are ping-ponging between New York City and Albany as they divide their time ...

Several school districts in Central New York plan to close on June 6 for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha, also ...

The New York State Senate has approved legislation introduced by Senator Joseph Addabbo to ensure that schools within New ...

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a ...

In the senate’s one-house budget resolution, a response to Hochul’s proposed executive budget, lawmakers argued that school ...

Gov. Hochul wants to send $300 checks to most New Yorkers. Legislative leaders say they favor a more “targeted” approach.

One of the arguments Republicans have made against the state’s electric school bus mandate has been the cost to area school districts. A top Democrat in the state Senate wants to address that ...