New York

There were tense moments on Capitol Hill as Gov. Kathy Hochul defended New York’s immigration policies to congressmembers, as she and other governors were grilled over sanctuary state laws. It included an uncomfortable back-and-forth with a potential future political rival: Rep. Elise Stefanik. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was joined by two other Democratic governors in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to testify before a Congressional committee on their states’ immigration policies. Republicans in Congress called the Democratic governors to the Capitol to question them over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Joining Hochul were Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Illinois Gov....

Romney Smith reporting on Hochul to testify before Congress on sanctuary policies.

Lawmakers in Albany are scheduled to finish their legislative session this week, but before they leave for summer, some New Yorkers are  working to get them to tighten the state’s law on sex crimes. The I-Team has been reporting for years on a loophole that makes it legal in New York to have sex with someone who is too intoxicated...

Advocates for sex crime survivors say they are losing patience with Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Heastie wields considerable power in Albany and with two days left in the legislative session, he appears to be using that power to throttle legislation that would strengthen the state’s rape law.   Currently, 92 of the state’s 150 Assembly…

Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a historic New York lighthouse along the Hudson River, setting a fire and vandalizing the interior, destroying valuable antiques, furniture and other items, authorities say. Westchester County police say two of the suspects, 18-year-old Elvin Ayavaca and 19-year-old Richard Barrero, were arraigned in Sleepy Hollow Village Court on arson, burglary and…

A search is underway for a group of vandals who trashed a historic lighthouse in Westchester County. Police say the suspects damaged artifacts and even set the lighthouse on fire. NBC News 4 New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Troublemakers broke into a historic New York lighthouse along the Hudson River, set a fire and vandalized the interior. Authorities say valuable antiques, furniture and other meaningful items were destroyed. The damage was discovered Saturday morning at the Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow, which had just undergone a two-year, $3.4 million renovation. Westchester County officials say there was at least...

The Orange County highway superintendent pleaded not guilty on Monday, after being charged with attempted murder in the shooting last month of a DoorDash delivery driver in the town of Chester. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

A New York town official entered a not guilty plea in the shooting of a DoorDash driver who got lost in the neighborhood, an incident that was captured on his own doorbell camera. John Reilly was charged with attempted murder in the May 2 shooting in the Orange County town of Chester. Reilly, who serves as highway superintendent, pleaded not…

Hochul selected Delgado to be lieutenant governor and her running mate in May 2022. The two have had some high-profile disagreements.

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A man and two special needs children, ages 12 and 17, died in a fire that engulfed a home in New York’s Orange County over the weekend, authorities say. Firefighters and state police responded to the Pulaski Highway home in Goshen just after 8 p.m. Saturday for a report of a fire with people trapped. When they got there, the…

Two children and a man lost their lives as fire raged through a home in Goshen this weekend, authorities say.

A mayor of a suburban New York town is making headlines once again for his fiery behavior after allegedly trying to physically remove the police chief of the department for refusing his orders.

Spring Valley’s controversial mayor is setting off a new firestorm for allegedly trying to physically remove the police chief from the department for refusing orders. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot.

Four teens were heading back from junior prom when they spotted a garage fire in Marcy, New York.

A homeowner on Long Island made a shocking discovery when uncovering his pool for the summer, finding a body floating in the water.

While it was a shocking find, some neighbors in east Shoreham have a theory regarding the identity of the person found, and how the body got there. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.