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Senator Skoufis 2025 Woman of Distinction

May 16, 2025

State budget carves out some SUNY campuses from MTA payroll tax

May 14, 2025

The MTA’s financial woes are well-documented. The agency had $45.7 billion of debt as of March. Last year, it lost around $800 million from riders evading fares and tolls, the source of 40 percent of its annual operating budget.

Colonel Christina Fanitzi

May 13, 2025

Colonel Christina Fanitzi

Commentary: DEC must deny Orange County power plant's air permit

May 8, 2025

Protesters rally against the CPV power plant in 2018 outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan, where Joseph Percoco, a former top staffer to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was on trial on charges that he had received money to facilitate approvals for the CPV plant. Percoco was found guilty of honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and solicitation of bribes and gratuities.

State officials want action after NTSB report recommends safety evaluations of 13 N.Y. bridges

April 15, 2025