Starting next fall, students across New York state may be required to relinquish their cellphones during school hours under a proposal announced by Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. This plan, which requires legislative approval,

New York Governor Kathy Hochul laid out her $252 billion state budget proposal on Tuesday. One of the biggest takeaways from it was to implement a statewide school cell phone ban and she’s devoting $13.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday as part of her budget address that she plans to introduce legislation to apply a bell-to-bell restriction on smartphone use in schools statewide. Many of the city’s more than 1,

New York Governor Kathy Hochul won’t provide any new funding to New York City to help manage its migrant crisis, marking a significant shift after tens of thousands of asylum seekers strained the city’s budget requiring state help.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has decided not to allocate any new funding to help New York City manage its migrant crisis. This marks a notable change in her policy, after previously committing to cover about a third of the city's costs related to sheltering migrants two years ago.

Governor Kathy Hochul won’t provide any new funding to New York City to help manage its migrant crisis, marking a significant shift after tens of thousands of asylum seekers strained the city’s budget requiring state help.