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The increase in violence against police officers across the country is getting to a point of critical mass. Police Officers have been gunned down in New York City, Syracuse and Chicago in the last month. Two officers were killed in the Syracuse area in a devastating ambush attack. It's at a point now where the sheriffs of New York State are sick and tired of it.

A new bill that's being debated in the New York State Legislature would potentially give released prisoners a chunk of taxpayer cash.

Sports betting in New York is at an all time high.

We've learned the "absurd" reason why a group accused of dismembering a man and woman from the Hudson Valley were released after being arrested.

The Empire State government collects a whole lot of our money through taxes and fees, have you ever wondered how they determine what to spend it on?

The first draft of the 2024/25 New York State budget has been released and the Empire State is set to spend billions of dollars.

A new poll reveals that the majority of New York State shoppers want to see this formerly forbidden item on the shelves of their local grocery stores.

After being elected in November, navigating her own Democratic party has not been easy for Governor Kathy Hochul. After suffering an embarrassing loss, when the Senate rejected Justice Hector LaSalle as New York's chief judge, the governor was forced to pivot to a more liberal Justice Rowan D. Wilson, for a quick win.

Lawmakers in the Empire State are going to get a bump in their paychecks in the new year.

Many people in the Empire State have been saddled with debt over the last few years as the pandemic dragged on. Thanks to some changes that the state government has made, many people may see additional options in dealing with those bills.

New York State lawmakers passed a law today to establish a fund towards future compensation for families who lost loved ones to the opioid epidemic.

Mayors from 11 New York cities have called on leadership in the state legislature to enact a stricter gun law in the state.