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Albany, NY (WBEN) Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been on the hot seat for what some call the mishandling of the Vito Lop...
Albany, NY (WBEN) It was a shocking case in 2011. An infant beaten by his own father. In the eyes of one state senator, the o...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - A published report says a member of the Assembly's Democratic conference is calling on Speaker S...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign...
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) - State police have charged a 31-year-old Hudson Valley driver with a misdemeanor after he was pulled over ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York's Indian casinos could face competition in their backyards if tribes ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he may soon make a major economic announcement for upstate New York as published ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York officials say they'll ask a state court to unseal documents containing details about the blo...
(WBEN) Additional provisions of New York’s SAFE Act take effect Monday April 15, restricting the number of rounds a gun...
BUFFALO, NY-(WBEN)The State University of New York on Friday announced that approximately 20,000 notices will be sent to curr...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The New York State Police has issued a statement on the suspension of an Amherst man's pistol permit.Th...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch is in Albany warning about a fiscal crisis for local governments to New Y...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - State officials say it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair damage to the grass in a downtown...
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...
Albany, NY (WBEN / New York Times) -- The deal to set aside one luxury suite at Ralph Wilson Stadium for state officials is n...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New Yorkers receiving the STAR property tax rebate will have to re-register for the local school tax brea...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo was quick to respond to the latest lawsuit over the NYSAFE Act, filed by the New York State ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) As part of the state budget, the State Senate has approved tougher penalties against those who text or use ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The State Senate has unanimously approved Alix's Law, which would make it illegal for a driver to leave...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- If New York isn't trying hard to lure "The Tonight Show" back to Manhattan, it's ...
(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...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The Senate transportation committee has passed a law aimed at closing a loophole in hit and run cases like ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Legislators are starting to sign off on some aspects of the state budget as a final agreement draws near ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders have emerged from a brief closed-door meeting without ...
Local gas prices receded all of one penny over the weekend. The AAA reports the average cost for a gallon of unleaded in the ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York's new gun control law now requires federal background checks for private firearms sales. The prov...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state police say an assemblyman stopped for speeding on the state Thruway has been charged with...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has urged the NFL to investigate whether possible draft picks...
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-...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has launched a new website, open.ny.gov, to provide user-friendly, one-stop access to data f...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on track to pass the earliest state budget in decad...
(WBEN/AP) Federal authorities have released a list of New York airports where control towers may be closed or lose overnight ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic incr...
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) 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...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has asked the New York Department of State and the New York State Department of Agriculture ...
A report in the Wall Street Journal indicates a merger may be in the works between office supply competitors OfficeMax and Of...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget should...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says long-awaited regulations ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The man who ran against Governor Cuomo in 2010 led a rally in Albany Tuesday against the NYSAFE law Cuomo f...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York Army National Guard brigade will be among nine in the nation opening up jobs in combat units t...
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...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP) Members of the State Assembly are debating the issue of gun control in the Empire State. This comes a da...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - People familiar with the internal negotiations say Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have a tenta...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
The cost of a gallon of gas is inching upward once more. According to the AAA, a three cent jump happened over the weekend, s...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's disappointed that Congress failed to vote as expected on an aid ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tougher federal law is needed to crack down in the interstate transport of ...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP)- We're used to being outraged at the cost per gallon, but not when it comes to a bowl of cereal or i...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Attorney General's Office has proposed regulations requiring nonprofits to annually disc...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference say they've struck a deal to take contro...
The good news/bad news of being a border town is mostly good for Buffalo. Bloomberg Businessweek reports Canadian retailers w...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate business group and an Assembly member are claiming the New York Thruway Authority will t...
smallerLargerfacebooktwittergoogle pluslinked ininShare0EmailPrintSave ↓ MoreALBANY, N.Y. — Deciding who has enoug...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has won election to her first full term representing New York, fe...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has agreed to issue an executive order that will allow displaced voters to cast ballots...
Albany, NY (WBEN) With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the east coast, New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo has directed the Army ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in preparation forTropical StormSandy. A state of emergenc...
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/WBEN) - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says he's found conflicts of interest, overpayments and misuse...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his high favorability ratings out on the campaign trail for fellow D...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal health authorities have released the names of three New York health care providers that received ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Federal agents conducted a raid related to cigarettes on a warehouse on a Seneca Nation reservation in w...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state's congressional elections are testing the staying power of Republicans who rode a tea...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new system would cut through bureaucracy and politics to clearly rank New York's local governments ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The New York Department of State is warning consumers about a recent scam involving people impersonating de...
ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who killed ex-Beatle John Lennon says in his most recent parole bid that he hoped to live and work wit...
ALBANY, N.Y. — John Lennon’s killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole boar...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Economic development officials from western New York say their new focus runs counter to the suburban spr...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The New York Attorney General's office has sent letters to Erie, Chautauqua and eight other counties...
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) - The state Thruway Authority, facing criticism by the state comptroller for its management practices, is t...
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 ...
Albany, NY (WBEN) If there's one thing more annoying than a live telemarketer, it's a telemarketer with a recorded me...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The Governor's office says it has a sports industry expert helping in the state's efforts to help t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand support an increase to the federal minimum wage,...
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...
Derby, NY (WBEN) -- A fire intended to burn away brush re-ignites and scorchesapproximately 10 acres of land, one day after t...
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...
First Niagara Financial Group and Albany-based nfrastructure have a service technology deal. The Albany Business Review repor...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has signed a law aimed at protecting kids from cyberbullying, as well as other forms of bull...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state appeals court has ruled against a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law.The ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Attorney Wendy Long has won a three-way Republican primary to take on Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall'...
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...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York officials say they've reached a deal on legislation to establish tighter online oversig...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomohas proposed lowering the penalty for public possession of a small amount of ma...
April 2012 real estate search results are in and Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY was the #96 most searched market in the country in...
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 ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is no longer the top Democrat in New York politics. He faces the ambitio...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says New York will get $61 million from this week's n...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing Sprint-Nextel Corp., claiming it under-collected and...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Stealing the family dog or cat in New York could soon send a pet thief to prison. A bill under cons...
OTHER FALCONS IN OTHER LOCATIONSOn The WBEN Liveline: How Agressive Are Falcons in the Niagara Gorge?Hear about how theycoul...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state comptroller's office has halted $16.4 million in personal state income tax refunds, say...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he understands the benefits of medical marijuana but at this point believes the ri...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They did it again.New York's Senate and Assembly passed the state's second straight on-time budge...
New York is poised to embark on a large economic development program, provide more assistance to the poor, and increase spend...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Democratic and Senate Republican majorities say they've agreed on th...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Nik Wallenda continues his preparations for his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls later this year. Thursd...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal court has approved the congressional election districts lines for New York that were drawn by a...
Occupiers in New York City will commemorate the six-month mark with a rally Saturday in Zuccotti Park, where protesters campe...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- While New York regulators wrap up a four-year environmental impact study of shale-gas drilling that has ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state is telling health insurers they'll lose state contracts if they don't enable women...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A deal has been struck on a new teacher evaluation system that should ensure New York gets $1 billion...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An analysis by a school reform group says New York school districts risk losing $1.7 billion in total...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The top Democrat in the state Legislature is pushing legislation to boost the state's minimum wage f...
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's Republican-led Senate and the Assembly's Democratic majority this week are expected t...
Albany, NY (WBEN)Assembly Speaker SheldonSilversayshewillbackapay raisefor state lawmakers. Buthewarnslawmakersmustearn it.&q...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for millions of dollars in state funding to help keep the Buffalo Bill...
Although the timing of the grape harvest for ice wine production was small this year, those who waited longer are savoring a ...
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...
Albany, NY(WBEN)The state attorney general's office says both sides in the Time Warner/MSGdispute met this week.A spokesperso...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) —As Sabres fans continue to look for ways to catch games by means other than Time Warner Cable, ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Saying it's unacceptable that Buffalo is the nation's third poorest city, Governor Andrew Cuomo is p...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - A senator is warning of a scam in which the value of gift cards can be stolen before the holiday is ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky says consumers shouldn't be hit with significa...
Albany, NY(WBEN)National Grid's electricity customers will see cuts in their bills next year after regulators approved a redu...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to introduce legislation that would require college and high school coaches to re...
(WBEN/CBS) Going back on his campaign pledge of No New Taxes, Governor Cuomo has reached an agreement with the state legislat...
Albany, NY(WBEN)Governor Cuomo announced State Police issued 816 tickets for illegally using a hand held texting device while...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says criminal charges have been filed against 10 gun sel...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor is supporting men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim amid an inve...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A team of scientists says New Yorkers should start preparing for radical climate changes that will bring ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new poll shows that while most New York voters don't believe the Occupy Wall Street movement has a clea...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York budget officials are projecting a $350 million deficit in this year's general fund, followed...
Analysis from Michael Gormley,Associated Press Albany Bureau ChiefGov. Andrew Cuomo is still riding high in polls and may con...
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...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)Business First has ranked Western New York schools for more than two decades, but how do they stack up to di...
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...
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(WBEN)Buffalo- Two Erie County lawmakers are introducing a proposal to define cyber bullying as a misdemeanor crime.WHATDOYOU...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Taxpayers allied with the Tea Party movement have urged New York's top court to help them end corporate w...
(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 ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a state workers' union to reconsider its decision announced Tuesday to reject a c...
(AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — The OnStar automobile communication service used by 6 million Americans maintains its two-way conne...
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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