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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The head of the Seneca Indians has accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of engaging in "playground bully tacti...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he'll go ahead with a planned vote to expel Assemblyman...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York's Indian casinos could face competition in their backyards if tribes ...
(AP) A once-powerful New York state senator was arrested on Monday in a widening corruption scandal that has resulted in crim...
(AP) Who are Wilson and Pakula and why is their arcane 1947 law a major issue in Albany today?Wilson-Pakula is the original p...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he may soon make a major economic announcement for upstate New York as published ...
(AP) Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. But he's denying ...
Garbage piled high, unsafe parks, failing schools, strikes and choking taxes were all part of the backdrop of early 1970s New...
(WBEN) The State of New York and Niagara Falls have launched their search for developers who can take the mostly vacant Rainb...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is praising the Legislature for working with him to pass the third straight on-time bud...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York's Assembly has given final legislative approval to a$135 billion state budget.The A...
(WBEN) After a late night marathon session that ended after 5 Wednesday morning, the state senate has approved the bills comp...
ALBANY — New York’s budget that lawmakers will begin voting into law this weekend is based on their power to stop...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- If New York isn't trying hard to lure "The Tonight Show" back to Manhattan, it's ...
(WBEN) Buried in the fine print of the new lease agreement between Erie County, New York State and the Buffalo Bills is a pro...
(AP) The New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, sportsmen's groups, firearms businesses and individual gun...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A key element of New York's gun control law appears as if it will have to depend a great deal on the ...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The tentative deal for a New York state budget will include expansion of pre-kindergarten in low-income ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have an agreement on a state budget that would include raising the minimum...
(WBEN/AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are considering changes in New York's new gun control law involving t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders have emerged from a brief closed-door meeting without ...
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders met Sunday in preparation of what they hope will be a Monday announce...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York's new gun control law now requires federal background checks for private firearms sales. The prov...
Police in upstate New York stormed an abandoned building Thursday morning where a man suspected of a deadly shooting rampage ...
ALBANY- (WBEN/AP) A State Supreme Coutjudge has rejected a request to stop implementation of the NY Safe Act, the gun restric...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's Legislature is calling for more spending, tax cuts and a higher minimum wage, even a roll-...
(WBEN) Still pulling downpopularity ratings that outstrip most politicians nationwide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has seen a dip in hi...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on track to pass the earliest state budget in decad...
After his gun control fight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo became a more polarizing figure but retained his popularity among his fellow N...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic incr...
Washington didn't implode and no one has yet crafted a politically viable way to roll back the cuts.Despite their unpopul...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) On Friday local developer, Carl Paladino released an open memo to the Buffalo School Board. In the memo, P...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will continue to await health studies before determining whether to al...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A group of 1,200 New Yorkers has forced a court review of whether New York's new gun controls were ru...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- National Rifle Association President David Keene told a rally of thousands of opponents of New York...
(AP) New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation's toughest gun control measure into law after the Connectic...
(AP) When word spread about the potential natural gas riches of the Marcellus Shale, Kimberly More saw it as the hope for sav...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Cadence Case knows all about the discrimination at jobs and in landing an apartment, the fear of bu...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) -Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Buffalo Thursday as he travels the state delivering his State of the State...
(WBEN/AP) New York's largest teachers union says it's suing to overturn the state's property tax cap.New York Sta...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget should...
Two years after a shoving and shouting match during Carl Paladino's 2010 gubernatorial race, he held a slightly less conf...
(WBEN/AP) Supporters and opponents of the state's new gun restrictions have scheduled competing rallies at the Capitol, w...
Firefighters from five states are opposing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to limit binding arbitration in union di...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares a state of emergency as the winter storm hits the northeastregion.Cuomo s...
ALBANY (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's popularity has plummeted among Republicans, Democrats and independents after ...
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(WBEN) Buffalo developer and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is thinking about another run for office: this time...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The push to increase New York's minimum wage affecting millions of workers got a boost and hit a snag...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a $137 billion state budget that would increase spending abou...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to detail his budget proposals for the state's 2013-2014 fiscal year beginn...
The National Rifle Association said the secretive negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun con...
(WBEN) A Western New York Attorney expects to have a class action lawsuit filed within the next three weeks, challenging New ...
Shortly after Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature agreed to fresh new gun control measures in New York State-- including...
After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, politicians in Albany and Washington have both taken steps to contr...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP) Members of the State Assembly are debating the issue of gun control in the Empire State. This comes a da...
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school s...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - People familiar with the internal negotiations say Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have a tenta...
The flu has hit epidemic levels. On Saturday, New York's governor declared a public health emergency and allowed pharmaci...
Albany (WBEN) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a public-health emergency for all of New York in response to this yea...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Supporters of the effort to raise New York's minimum wage held a rally Friday morning in Buffalo to urg...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
(WBEN) By the time Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of The State message this afternoon, expect either a deal on gun cont...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo School District and the Buffalo Teachers Federationhave reached an agreement on the teacher-tra...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's disappointed that Congress failed to vote as expected on an aid ...
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Police have found human remains in the burned-out home of the Webster, N.Y., ex-con who killed two fire...
The leaders of New York’s Legislature say they are poised for a banner 2013 session and they are — on paper.A Sen...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - As Governor Andrew Cuomo invites New Yorkers to observe a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday for ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tougher federal law is needed to crack down in the interstate transport of ...
The state Thruway Authority board has dropped plans for a 45-percent increase in truck tolls, saying it's taking a number...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
(AP) More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Gov.Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced an investment in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus,as he hears plans...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference say they've struck a deal to take contro...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo area is expecting a billion dollars for economic development, as the Governor promised in early...
ALBANY — A day after sharp criticism by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, a state senator on Friday re...
(AP/WBEN) After being accused of a "bait and switch" stealth tactic to try and implement a toll hike while people w...
Who will run for President in 2016?Delawareans are pondering whether Vice President Joe Biden will run for the job in2016, bu...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate business group and an Assembly member are claiming the New York Thruway Authority will t...
A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and possibly record-setting wet snow, plunging...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has agreed to issue an executive order that will allow displaced voters to cast ballots...
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 8 million gallons of gas has been delivered in New York.He says another 28 million gal...
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's signed an executive order waiving New York's requirement that fuel tanker...
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says limited subway service will resume in New York City on Thursday.Cuomo also s...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 90 percent of Long Island utility customers are without electricity after San...
Albany, NY (WBEN) With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the east coast, New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo has directed the Army ...
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (WBEN/AP) -- Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular tr...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court will not hear a challenge to the state's 2011 law legalizing same-sex marria...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his high favorability ratings out on the campaign trail for fellow D...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A team from the New York State Labor Departmentspent Fridayat ECC's downtown campus helping the unemplo...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The state is beginning construction to developBuffalo's Outer Harbor. The project site is along Fuhrman...
(AP) A Republican state senator who voted to legalize gay marriage in New York and shot back at conservative critics that the...
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the Democrats' short list for president in 2016, he certainly isn't acting like i...
(AP) New York's Democratic scandal that includes lurid tales of a groping assemblyman and a secret settlement by the powe...
(WBEN) Several candidates are jockeying for the right to replace longtime chair Len Lenihan as head of the county's Democ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York is joining 13 states that allow voters to register online in an effort to improve voter turnout ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York state can become the top yogurt producer in the nation, if ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told his appointees at the state Thruway Authority to find a way to lower what the ...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A new dispute could be brewing between the Seneca Nation and the Cuomo administration over a possi...
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READ AccuWeather ForecastREAD The Extended ForecastSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus Counties until...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is accused of editing his records from a key case he handled as New York state's at...
Albany, NY (WBEN) There has been a severe lack of rain over the past 10 days and that has led state officials to issue a stat...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state appeals court has ruled against a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law.The ...
Local gas prices are down to an average of $3.63 for unleaded in the region. The AAA reports the pump price is down twent...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he may not reach agreement with lawmakers on his bill to keep teacher evaluations ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York parents will be able to see for the first time the job evaluations of the teachers who instruct ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York's legislative leaders say they have final approval for a cyber-bullyin...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The sum of what the public knows about the biggest lobbying force in New York politics is a few pages of...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana, a change in st...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomohas proposed lowering the penalty for public possession of a small amount of ma...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say a months-old proposal to raise the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead.The Ass...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The business group created to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies on Friday filed its overdue incom...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) -President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a speech on the economy that will use the backdrop of a ...
First Niagara Financial Group President and CEO John Koelmel will be adding a significant title if Governor Andrew Cuomo gets...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is no longer the top Democrat in New York politics. He faces the ambitio...
(AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 tax returns show he's making a tidy bundle in a trust that deals in bonds as...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is scheduled to appear at a Buffalo rally later thi...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he understands the benefits of medical marijuana but at this point believes the ri...
(WBEN) Governor Cuomo is praising the just passed state budget... and is hinting at progress on one of the stickier issues in...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They did it again.New York's Senate and Assembly passed the state's second straight on-time budge...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Democratic and Senate Republican majorities say they've agreed on th...
New York's state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are scheduled to adopt a $132 billion budget within days for the 2...
Occupiers in New York City will commemorate the six-month mark with a rally Saturday in Zuccotti Park, where protesters campe...
(WBEN/AP) New York would see up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, a doubled DNA database to fight crime and a less cushy pens...
The Assembly’s Democratic majority this week will call for some restoration of anti-smoking funding after recent cuts d...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- While New York regulators wrap up a four-year environmental impact study of shale-gas drilling that has ...
(AP) Former New York City Mayor Ed Kochsays Gov. Andrew Cuomo's path on redistricting will break his promise to reform th...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy is in Washington to make a case for preserving the Niagara ...
(AP) Niagara Falls has gone on record against treating wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, with elected officials saying th...
Governor Andrew Cuomo takes home $179,000 a year from New York State, but his salary doesn't even crack the top 1000 ...
(AP) The lengthy process to redraw election district lines in New York that will guide politics for the next decade is expect...
Another yogurt plant is planned for upstate New York, where the dairy industry has been feeding growing demand for Greek yogu...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN/AP) While Sabres fans got to watch the game on Friday night, the MSG Time Warner deal was officially finali...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A deal has been struck on a new teacher evaluation system that should ensure New York gets $1 billion...
(AP/WBEN)- A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.A Sien...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The top Democrat in the state Legislature is pushing legislation to boost the state's minimum wage f...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will veto the new district maps proposed by the state Senate and Assembly majorities.Cuomo calls th...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- During his address in Buffalo, Governor Andrew Cuomo only made a passing, joking reference to the Bills, ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- He's arranged for the billion dollars worth of investment, now it's up tot he people of Western N...
WBENNews & O p i n i o n Steven Malanga, A Senior Fellow at the fiscally conservative ...
(WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for millions of dollars in state funding to help keep the Buffalo Bills in western New Yo...
Albany (WBEN) -- When compared to the New York City area, an area state lawmaker says Western New York doesn't get its fair s...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to withhold state aid from school districts to force tougher evaluations f...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for millions of dollars in state funding to help keep the Buffalo Bill...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New State Assemblyman Ray Walter is getting accustomed to his surroundings in Albany, and will hear his fir...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to present his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, a state financial r...
Albany, NY(WBEN/AP) A new poll shows New Yorkers still strongly support Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but not all of his ideas for his s...
(AP) A Malaysian company's plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York ...
ALBANY—As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to release his proposed 2012-13 budget next week, some details of the $130 bil...
ALBANY—As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to release his proposed 2012-13 budget next week, some details of the $130 bil...
(WBEN) A federal judge could rule by the end of this week- or possibly even Tuesday - on when New York State's primary electi...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Saying it's unacceptable that Buffalo is the nation's third poorest city, Governor Andrew Cuomo is p...
(WBEN/AP) Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to include a billion dollars in fresh economic development aid for Buffalo and We...
Albany (WBEN) -- It won't take long for politics to again dominate the headlines in 2012. Nationally, the Iowa Caucuses are s...
(WBEN) By a substantial margin, web-based voters this past week have selected Sabres Owner Terry Pegula as WBEN's 2011 Person...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to introduce legislation that would require college and high school coaches to re...
Albany (WBEN/AP) -- State Senator Pat Gallivan was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of the recently enacted tax-cut bil...
Buffalo (WBEN) --The man who faced Gov.Andrew Cuomo in last year's election is shaking his head at the tax deal state leaders...
Wegmans is bringing another food market to suburban Boston, Massachusetts. Business First reports the chain will bring its th...
(WBEN/CBS) Going back on his campaign pledge of No New Taxes, Governor Cuomo has reached an agreement with the state legislat...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - The Seneca Indian Nation says it strongly opposes the idea of New York state expanding gambling ne...
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo planned an emergency budget meeting of his top advisers as the special deficit-reduction supercommitte...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York budget officials are projecting a $350 million deficit in this year's general fund, followed...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) A statement from New York officials saying untaxed cigarettes are subject to seizure has stirred concern i...
Analysis from Michael Gormley,Associated Press Albany Bureau ChiefGov. Andrew Cuomo is still riding high in polls and may con...
Amherst, NY (WBEN) - While statewide Democrat Heavy hitters Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer were at the UAW H...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Seneca Indian Nation will seek arbitration to settle a dispute with New York that has held up paymen...
With layoffs hanging in the balance, New York's second-largest public workers union is set to announce whether it will accept...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will continue to enforce a nightly curfew that's keeping a...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a new law requiring New York insurers to cover screening, diagnosis and trea...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking ou...
Albany (WBEN) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced the launch of a statewide alert system that will help find vulnerable ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Executive Committee of the Public Employees Federation union is supporting a new, tentative contract ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The push for a higher tax on New Yorkers making more than $1 million a year is getting fresh life wi...
(AP)The executive board of New York state's second largest union is expected to consider a tentative agreement with the Cuomo...
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's open to shortening a contract with a public labor union to avoid layoffs if concessions rema...
(AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — More than 250 doctors and other health care professionals have signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans put aside their strong alliance with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a moment this week to ...
(AP)It was just the sort of photo op President Barack Obama didn't need: a former Democratic president who ushered in prosper...
With the Public Employees Federation rejecting a new five-year contract proposal, Governor Andrew Cuomo will begin laying off...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a state workers' union to reconsider its decision announced Tuesday to reject a c...
(AP) — New York is dropping its requirement for vision tests to make it easier for drivers to renew licenses online or ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed legislation that would have legalized sparklers and other novelty fireworks in New York, one of doze...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed on to daredevil Nik Wallenda's bid to walk a tightrope acro...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The top tribal leaders in New York say they want to be a partner with the state to revive the economy, bu...
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