Hudson Valley news

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson. The images emerged Thursday as Lawler, a first-term Republican, is locked in a competitive reelection bid for his congressional seat in New York’s H...

After a fire destroyed a Rockland County home, the woman living next door was left waiting months for repairs to fire-related damage on her own property. So, she said – “ Better Get Baquero! News 4 consumer reporter Lynda Baquero shares her pleas for help.

A former leader in the Orange County, New York prosecutor’s office, who was facing allegations of accepting bribery payments, died in a shooting at his home Tuesday morning as the FBI arrived to arrest him, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC New York. Stewart Rosenwasser, the ex-chief counsel to the Orange County DA’s office and ...

A New York resident who contracted the first confirmed human case of Eastern equine encephalitis in the state in nearly a decade has died, according to the governor’s office.

A tornado touched down in New York as the remnants from Tropical Depression brought powerful winds and rain to the tri-state Friday evening, the National Weather Service confirmed.

Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to a...