Governor Kathy Hochul

You know it’s summer when construction season starts! Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that a 26.5-mile stretch of the New York State Thruway in Western New York is getting a $46 million investment. Two projects will resurface lanes on the Thruway across Genesee County. Project One, a $23.4 million pavement improvement project, is already underway […]

Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that passed state legislation back on June 2nd. This “nation-leading” law is intended to strengthen red flag laws and close loopholes on things like high-capacity magazines while upping the age to purchase- or even own a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. The package is aimed at strengthening […]

Yesterday, Governor Kathy Houchl announced that $18.2 million in funding will support law enforcement agencies participating in the state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, making this the largest state investment in the program since it was created in 2014. Governor Hochul stated: “Over the past few weeks, we have seen gun violence cause unimaginable […]

Awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature, the New York State Assembly and the Senate passed a law that criminalizes sharing personal images of crime victims. This bill was three years in the making after 17-year-old Bianca Devins of Utica was murdered by Brandon Clark while attending a concert with him. Clark then took photographs of her […]

Yesterday in East Greenbush during an Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns meeting, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke out on her plans to raise the firearm age in New York. This news follows after the tragic shooting in Texas. Gov. Hochul called on State Police to check on school districts every day until the end of […]

Yesterday morning, local leaders and Governor Kathy Hochul stopped at Monroe Community College to celebrate the grand opening of the Finger Lakes Workforce Development (FWD) Center. Located on the fifth and sixth floors of MCC’s Downtown Campus, the $11.4 million 50,000-square-foot center will serve as a regional hub for career training, focusing on technology-oriented training […]

Yesterday, Governor Hochul returned to New York City to address some New York concerns after the terrorist act in Buffalo. Hochul started the conference with a moment of silence for those who lost their lives to gun violence. Hochul stated: “…it was a case of an 18-year-old male who was radicalized by white supremacist and […]

After the horrific shooting that took place in Buffalo, Governor Kathy Hochul flew in to address the community and to call out CEOs of social media platforms for not doing more to monitor violent and racist content. Governor Hochul stated: “We don’t know if there are other people who are now going to be inspired, […]

In a local Tops on a Saturday afternoon, a predominantly Black community in Buffalo faced a horrific racially motivated mass shooting. The shooter has been identified as 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin in Broome County, near Binghamton. Discoveries of the shooter circulated on social media shortly after, and it was then found a hate-filled, 180-page […]

Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the distribution of $28 million in federal pandemic funding this month to help struggling New York families with children to cover expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning today, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), will provide families who have children under 17 and who […]