ALBANY – Welcome back, Canadians. The U.S. plans to reopen the Canadian border to nonessential vaccinated travelers by early November, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said late Tuesday. Schumer and other state and federal officials said they heard directly from the Biden administration of the change in policy, which had been

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ALBANY – Former Monroe County District Attorney Mike Green, who has served as head of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services since 2012, will not be part of the new Hochul administration for much longer. Green has been asked to leave by Gov. Kathy Hochul as she brings on her own

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ALBANY – New York will increase the minimum wage to $13.20 an hour starting Dec. 31 to coincidence with an increase to $15 an hour on Long Island and Westchester County, the state announced Monday. The state Department of Labor had authority under state law this year to raise the minimum

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ALBANY — Bringing in the National Guard, hiring workers from others states and countries and declaring a state of emergency are some of New York’s options if health-care workers quit instead of getting a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of Monday’s deadline. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced contingency plans Saturday as the Monday deadline

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ALBANY – CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was accused of sexual harassment Friday by a former female manager at ABC News — a month after his older brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned for sexual harassing women aides. In an op-ed in the New York Times, Shelley Ross, a former executive producer at ABC and CBS, wrote

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ALBANY – Talk about a suite deal. The Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. dropped $1.3 million over three years on suites and concessions at arenas and stadiums in Buffalo and Rochester — including at least $121,000 worth of perks that went to board members and employees, an audit released Thursday found. And

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ALBANY – New York will bolster recruiting efforts to get more school bus drivers and look to streamline the ability of prospective drivers to get their commercial driver’s licenses, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday. The moves come as New York and the nation deal with a shortage of school bus

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ALBANY – To be determined. That’s how 41% of voters responded to a poll released Tuesday on their opinion of new Gov. Kathy Hochul, who succeeded Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 24 when he resigned in scandal. Nonetheless, the early reviews were positive for Hochul, the state’s first woman governor and

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ALBANY – As Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s close friend Billy Joel might sing: He’s leaving.With Cuomo’s resignation among scandal looming Monday night, crews in the condition Office of General Services were spotted Friday morning packing in the outgoing governor’s possessions in the Executive Mansion in Albany.The Democratic governor has resided solely

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