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New Yorkers will be able to avoid jail time for most nonviolent parole violations under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, has died in prison.

The boxing ring in New York City’s Madison Square Garden where the Fight of the Century was staged 50 years ago Monday is the centerpiece of the Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.

The Supreme Court says it won't take up the case of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who's serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption case.

A New York state trooper has rescued a man stranded for 10 hours in a car buried in snow by a passing plow during this week’s storm.

New York's governor has signed an executive order recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday for state employees.

The trading floor of the New York Stock exchange has reopened for the first time in two months and the state legislature was set to reconvene as New York relaxed more restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

The daily death rate attributable to the coronavirus continues to fall in New York.

The relief package that Congress approved to help Americans during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. but work here and pay taxes.

New York state health officials now say they support people wearing cloth face coverings when they go out in public, especially in areas of “significant community transmission.”