Hochul, Looking to 2026, Pushed to Weaken Oversight of Religious Schools

Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas, has been a top priority among leaders of New York’s Hasidic communities, which tend to vote as a bloc.

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Congestion Pricing Is at Risk. So Is the M.T.A.’s $68 Billion Plan.

The M.T.A. has a five-year capital budget proposal for critical upgrades to the subway, buses and commuter railroads. The catch: It depends on $14 billion in federal funding.

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New York Women’s Basketball Coach Fired After Pulling Player’s Ponytail

The coach of the women’s varsity team in Northville, N.Y., was caught yanking a player’s hair on a television broadcast of a championship game on Friday.

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A 150-Mile Commute Complicates 3 New York City Mayoral Campaigns

Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos are ping-ponging between New York City and Albany as they divide their time between legislating and campaigning.

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N.Y. Tavern Owner Takes on Texas Over Strip Steak

Todd Shapiro, who owns a restaurant where the corned beef sandwich is named for Grover Cleveland, is fighting to protect a steak’s New York name.

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Court Rules Against Andrew Cuomo’s Attempt to Dismantle Ethics Panel

New York’s highest court rejected the former governor’s push to undermine an ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he received for a memoir.

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Top Judge Favors a Second Chance for Those Languishing in Prison

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against prolonged incarceration.

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Can $400 Million Rescue New York’s Run-Down Capital City?

Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high and the downtown is moribund.

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He’d Flown Hundreds of Dogs Out of Danger. He Wanted to ‘Save One More.’

Seuk Kim left behind a finance career to chase his dream of becoming a pilot. He took off one day in November with four dogs on board, a trip that would not go according to plan.

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Bourbon, a Hog Farm and a Nun’s Van: Man Charged in Bizarre Murder Plot

Jeal Sutherland, of Colonie, N.Y., hatched a deadly scheme with a convicted killer who was an F.B.I. informer, court documents say.

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