New York state news

The state and the guards’ union struck a new deal to end the strike this weekend, but it was contingent on at least 85% of staff returning to work by Monday morning.

Anyone planning to travel to a domestic destination in the United States will need a Real ID starting May 7 if they normally use their driver’s licenses to fly. This means that starting on that date, federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, may only accept state-issued driver licenses and identification cards that include the REAL ID-complian...

More than a dozen federal properties in New York and New Jersey were among more than 400 that could be closed or sold by the Trump administration, after being deemed “not core to government operations.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement late Thursday to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.

Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, a prominent civil rights activist and longtime president of the NAACP New York State Conference, has died at the age of 92. Her son released a statement Saturday morning confirming the passing of the activist, who spent decades of her work in and around New York. “Mom departed this life peacefully on the morning of March...

A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her number two, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, has boiled over. After months of public discord, Delgado on Monday released a statement saying he won’t be on the governor’s reelection ticket next year and hinting that he might actually challenge her for the governor’s office....

After differing with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over the future of Mayor Eric Adams, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Monday he won’t run for re-election with his boss. Delgado said he intends to finish out his term, which will run until Jan. 2027. He also left the door open to run for other offices in the future, saying,” I…

Ubiquitous food delivery app DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize wages of delivery workers in New York, rather than let drivers keep the tips on top of their guaranteed pay. Doordash also didn’t make it clear to customers their tips were being used to offset worker wages.

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike.

New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

At a time when it feels like the price of everything is going up, there might be one more thing to add to the list: Double-digit increases could be coming to some electric and gas bills across New York and New Jersey.

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that, as part of New York State’s continued effort to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) has issued a new Notice and Order for live bird markets that have not had a detection of HPAI in New York City and Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered live poultry markets to close in NYC, Westchester County and on Long Island, and remain shut for days. It comes as bird flu continues to spread throughout the country. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.