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The bill would quadruple the tax credit for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers in New York State. It passed the New York State Legislature with bipartisan support.
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WAMC spoke with Shelly and Barry Blyden, who help run the family business, Gary’s Pickles out of New Paltz, about the impact of high gas prices on their business.
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Orange County Sheriff Paul Arteta joined 14 other county sheriffs in New York in support of a lawsuit challenging the Local Cops Local Crimes Act, which would ban the county jail from housing ICE detainees.
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The Dutchess County Legislature passed several resolutions on homelessness on Monday night. As Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra reports, it's been an ongoing issue in the region.
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Climate Solutions Week explores different environmental challenges and solutions including: a sustainable fashion runway, a how-to on disposing of refrigerators, a heat pump demonstration, and discussions about data centers.
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A judge in the United States District Court Southern District of New York issued a decision this month in favor a law professor suing West Point as part of a class-action lawsuit.
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Residents and union workers went back and forth on a proposed Amazon PILOT in the Town of Wawayanda.
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WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor for the Daily Freeman, Saratogian, Troy Record, and Oneida Dispatch, about conversations in Ulster county about relocating a morgue that a lawmaker called, "appalling."
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Tuesday was the first day of school in the Poughkeepsie Central School District. Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra asked families how the day went.
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The Environmental Protection Agency wants to clean up a Superfund site in Dutchess County. Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra went to the site at Wappinger Creek to find out more.
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The Town of New Paltz is the latest New York municipality to adopt Good Cause Eviction Law.
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Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing West Point, alleging that his contract isn't being renewed because he teaches that “humans influenced climate change,” violating his First Amendment right.