Elias Guerra

Bard College President Leon Botstein sent a statement to the college community addressing news about his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein and emails revealed in the Epstein Files.

Longtime Bard College President Leon Botstein is named in thousands of emails in the Epstein files. The batch of documents released last week, which returns over 2,500 results for Leon Botstein’s name, shows Botstein communicated with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein was a registered sex offender.

On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s pause on Temporary Protected Status for Haitians living in the United States. The move temporarily eased fears of deportation for nearly 350,000 people, including those in Spring Valley in Rockland County, home to one of New York’s largest Haitian communities.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday morning she’s bringing a lawsuit against the owners of the Kenney Apartments in Newburgh. Tenants of the affordable housing units have been without proper heat or hot water for years. The attorney general is seeking a court order that would require the apartments’ owners to repair the facilities and pay restitution to the tenants.

As tensions continue to rise over the presence of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in communities across the country, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul took her strongest stance yet.

In January 2025 the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry stopped running when winter ice damaged the Beacon dock. Riders react a year later, and some prefer the free shuttle bus.

Community members in Mahopac are defending a local school board member who is employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A dozen Dutchess County residents turned out to the legislature meeting Tuesday night to advocate for a fare-free bus system like the one in Ulster County.