New York governor election, 2026

New York cannabis microbusinesses can now sell marijuana at farmers markets and other approved public events under legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul The state is looking into New York City residents who pay income tax elsewhere. [ more › ]

New York isn’t particularly inundated with new data centers, but it just became the first U.S. state to ban them. In an executive order on 14 July, Governor Kathy Hochul imposed a moratorium of up to a year on data centers that consume 50 megawatts of power o…

New York’s controversial assisted suicide law went into effect on Wednesday, allowing terminally-ill adults to request life-ending medication from their doctors. The “Medical Aid in Dying Act,” signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in February, had faced blowback from …

LAKE PLACID — Even Gov. Kathy Hochul didn’t want to get ahead of herself, admiting it was hard to not get wrapped up in the buzz. On Monday, she and members of the Lake Placid-New York City Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Exploratory Committee toured facili…

Bruce Blakeman says attendees should turn their backs on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the 9/11 memorial over his refusal to condemn "globalize the intifada."

The map, titled “New York City Immigrant Enclaves,” highlights 30 areas across the five boroughs, ranging from Koreatown in Manhattan to Little Pakistan in Brooklyn and Little Yemen in The Bronx – but notably left off the famous Italian-American neighborhood …

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman vowed to undo Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “oppressive” and “reckless” pied-à-terre tax if elected – as it was revealed the Big Apple plans to hire dozens of employees just to process the new fee. Blakeman, who’s curre…