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New York State introduces Gold Star family license plates

Thirty-four years after New York State first introduced Gold Star Mother license plates, Gold Star families are now also able to apply for license plates in honor of the soldiers in their families who ...

34% of New York school buildings exceed state lead limit levels, report says

Hundreds of schools across New York, including dozens on Long Island, have to take old water fountains and taps out of ...

Former New York state prison guard sentenced to up to life in prison in inmate’s death

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

New York To Change Law On Assisted Dying

New York is poised to become the largest U.S. state to authorize assisted dying. Pro-assisted dying group Death with ...

Closed Marijuana Factory to Get New Life in Upstate New York

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management voted Thursday to reopen a shuttered upstate medical marijuana production ...

New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with ‘guardrails,’ governor says

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill ...

Corrections officer convicted by jury sentenced to maximum for beating death of Robert Brooks

A former New York state corrections officer convicted of murdering an inmate in a brutal beatdown last year was sentenced Friday. Oneida County Court Judge Robert Bauer sentenced David Kingsley to the ...