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New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected
NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York's wettest days in decades left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped Friday after heavy rainfall knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours. ...
New York City area gets one of its wettest days in decades, as rain swamps subways and streets
NEW YORK (AP) — Rain walloped the New York metropolitan area with a startling punch Friday, knocking out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranding drivers on highways, flooding basements and shuttering a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours in one of the city's wettest days in decades....
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. September 25, 2023. Editorial: Cannabis Control Board’s cruel summer The board is failing to listen to those hurt most by the state’s botched recreational marijuana rollout. We already knew the Cannabis Control Board hasn’t...
All students injured in New York bus crash are expected to recover, superintendent says
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — All the high school students who were injured in an upstate New York charter bus crash on the way to a band camp are expected to recover, according to their school superintendent. The bus, one of six carrying students from Farmingdale High School on Long...
New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters
NEW YORK (AP) — Beleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities — to help ease pressures on the city's already struggling shelter system and perhaps...
Federal investigators will look into fatal New York crash of a bus carrying high school students
Federal investigators promised a thorough investigation into what caused a charter bus carrying a high school marching band to veer off a New York highway in a wreck that killed two adults and seriously injured other passengers. “Our goal is to find out what happened, why it...
New York to require flood disclosures in home sales as sea levels rise and storms worsen
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed a bill requiring people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding. The new law comes as inland areas in the state have become more vulnerable to...
Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 and seriously injuring others
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said. The bus was one of six in a caravan taking the...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. September 20, 2023. Editorial: New York’s continuing marijuana mess The state failed to properly prepare for the legalization of recreational cannabis. Growers and retailers are paying the price. To say that cannabis legalization...
Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As more than 115,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing the border from Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul begged President Joe Biden for one thing, above all others, to ease the crisis: “Let them work,” both Democrats have said...
