Governor Kathy Hochul

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says 15 staff members at Mid-State Correctional Facility outside Utica have been placed on leave after the death of inmate Messiah Nantwi.

Members of New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s cabinet appeared in Albany Monday to highlight executive budget proposals.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is investing $19.5 million to support law enforcement in Albany, saying the funding is part of a comprehensive plan to reduce crime.

The next generation of technological advancement is taking shape in the Capital Region, with students utilizing artificial intelligence to find new solutions to common problems.

New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado says he will not run for re-election in 2026 — and he is not ruling out a challenge against his current boss.

In December 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law creating the nine-member Community Commission on Reparations Remedies. It’s tasked with investigating ways of compensating the descendants of enslaved people for historical injustices. The panel is asking for more time to complete its mission.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order to place New York National Guard soldiers in state prisons as corrections officers continue to demonstrate for safer working conditions.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she will deploy the state National Guard to correctional facilities on Wednesday if corrections officers continue an unauthorized strike.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to invest $400 million in the city of Albany as part of her state budget. Local economic development leaders and state officials showed off where the money could go on a tour Friday.

(Airs 02/13/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Alice Bufkin, Associate Executive Director for Policy and Advocacy at the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, part of the Campaign for Healthy Minds Healthy Kids – a coalition of behavioral health, mental health, and substance use providers, advocates and families - about the need to ensure that all children and adolescents in New York receive the high-quality behavioral health services they need.