New York's capital city of Albany holds the political power in the Empire State with around 900,000 people in the metro area.

NY's lead rental registry takes effect in November, requiring landlords to remove lead hazards in pre-1980 rental units in 25 high-risk communities.

Democrats and Republicans alike called for a solution to the U.S. housing crisis and repeatedly stressed the urgency of building up housing inventory during a Thursday morning Senate confirmation ...

Eric Scott Turner, nominee for secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban ...

Among those is a new acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Trump appointed ... of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, and has helped to develop ...

School officials will be monitoring the weather closely as a mass of bitter cold air bursts into the Rochester region and much of the nation over the holiday weekend. By the time school resumes ...

displayed in the front window at Home Bakery in Rochester on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (KATY KILDEE — The Detroit News) Man identified, charged in Downriver hit-and-run death of dog, injured woman ...

displayed in the front window at Home Bakery in Rochester on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (KATY KILDEE — The Detroit News) Sheriff: Girl awakened, choked by masked man armed with a knife; latest in ...

Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester asked Turner if he supports ... Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks asked if he would oppose cuts to HUD programs for affordable housing for low-income households.

The hearing focused on how Turner would address housing affordability and homelessness, reform HUD’s massive portfolio of housing subsidies, and tackle housing discrimination initiatives. It marked ...

The hearing focused on how Turner would address housing affordability and homelessness, reform HUD’s massive portfolio of housing subsidies, and tackle housing discrimination initiatives.

AT&T has said it won't build fiber home Internet in over half of its wireline footprint and will focus its fiber builds on more densely populated areas. NY is outside AT&T’s wireline territory ...