New York will receive $552,939 as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s John R. Justice 2010 student loan repayment program. The funding, which will be distributed through the state Division of Criminal Justice Services ...

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A Monroe County Supreme Court justice last week ruled a relatively new state law is unconstitutional. Judge Matthew A. Rosenbaum decided Thursday that Public Health Law §2808(5)(c), which deals with spending by nursing home owners, infringes on their rights.

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ALBANY — New York state’s unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in August, up from 8.2 percent in July. The state economy added 2,500 private sector jobs.

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NEW YORK CITY — Hours after winning the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general Tuesday night, state Sen. Eric Schneiderman challenged his Republican opponent, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, to a debate how to crack down on crimes in financial markets.

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The renovation and reuse of historic buildings in New York State may soon be made easier, thanks to recent changes to the state’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. Out-of-state banks and insurance companies are given more access ...

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BUFFALO — A New York appeals court on Tuesday lifted a temporary order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian customers.

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ALBANY — Former “Manhattan Madam” Kristin Davis said she’s running for governor of New York as a minor-party candidate to push her causes of legalizing and taxing marijuana, legalizing gay marriage and decriminalizing prostitution.

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A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian customers.

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The lines between discipline and child abuse are not clearly defined. Most people would agree that children need discipline, but their thoughts on how to administer it and what is excessive vary from across the street to around the world.

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From Albany to Buffalo, they waited. Indian tribes, government officials and small business owners waited to learn a federal judge’s decision on whether an injunction would be issued to prevent the state from enforcing the collection of taxes on cigarettes sold ...

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BUFFALO — Two New York tribes are making a last-ditch effort to block the state’s plans to tax reservation sales of cigarettes to non-Indian customers. Lawyers for the Cayuga and Seneca nations are due in federal court ...

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BUFFALO — The Seneca Nation of Indians has voted to withhold a casino payment to New York, claiming the state has violated terms of a 2001 gambling agreement. Leaders of the western New York tribe ...

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