Politics

The New York State legislature’s 2017 session is now in the history books and Senator James Seward is weighing in on what lawmakers accomplished.

An Otsego County fire company is sharing in a half million dollars in federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer announced the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company is awarded just over $57,000 to purchase self-contained breathing apparatus gear...

The New York State Senate confirmed Paul Feinman to the New York State Court of Appeals as the successor to Sheila Abdus-Salaam.

State lawmakers added a provision to New York’s medical marijuana law allowing the drug to be prescribed for those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

Governor Andrew Cuomo nominates Paul Feinman to fill a vacancy on the New York State Court of Appeals.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is seeking federal help with New York’s war on opioid addiction and abuse.

The New York State legislature wraps up the 2017 session on Wednesday and one of the hot button issues remaining is the passage of the Child Victims Act.

22nd District congresswoman Claudia Tenney’s office says she received a threatening e-mail just hours after Wednesday’s shooting at a practice for a congressional charity baseball game that left Louisiana representative Steve Scalise in critical condition...

The New York State Senate passed a number of bills to continue the battle against opioids and heroin.

New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul was in Cooperstown on Monday for an appearance at the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture Conference.