Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Albany with no interviews or public appearances yet scheduled.
The state Legislature is in session. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is headed to the state Capitol today to meet with legislative leaders on end-of-session priorities. He’ll hold a media availability at the LOB (Room 130) at around 2 p.m.
At 9 a.m., the state Education Department Board of Regents meets, NYSED, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
At 9:30 a.m., Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie delivers the keynote address at Baruch College’s 2019 Commencement ceremony, Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.
At 10 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will address students at the K-8 school about his experiences growing up and struggling in school with Tourette’s Syndrome and ADHD, as well as give advice for achieving success, 211 W. 61st St., Manhattan.
At 11 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul honors the legacy of the women’s rights movement in New York and calls for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment at the P.S. 9 School renaming for Suffragist Sarah Smith Garnet, 80 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn.
At noon, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli attends the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Festa Italiana event, Legislative Office Building, The Well, Empire State Plaza, 198 State St., Albany.
Also at noon, national and state environmental, health, and consumer organizations join state Sen. Brian Kavanagh and Assemblywoman Jamie Romeo to urge action against the immediate and growing threat to the public’s health posed by antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” 3rd Fl., state Capitol, Albany.
Also at noon, Williams will join a coalition of elected officials, gun control advocates, and violence interrupters for the annual event to kick off Gun Violence Awareness Month, 1 Centre Street Pl., Manhattan.
At 2 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks at the Mayor’s Fund Board of Directors meeting, Governor’s Room, City Hall, Manhattan. (This event is not open to the public).
At 3 p.m., the state Senate is in session, Senate Chambers, state Capitol, Albany.
At 4 p.m., Hochul highlights state support for minority and women owned businesses and investment in the South Bronx, 2825 3rd Ave., 3rd Fl., Suite 301, the Bronx.
At 5 p.m., Hochul, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and members of the City’s LGBTQ community gather to raise the rainbow flag at The Bronx County Building to celebrate Pride Month, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx.
At 6 p.m., state Bar Association President Henry M. Greenberg will speak at The Braschi Breakthrough: 30 Years Later, Looking Back on the Relationship Recognition Landmark event, New York County Supreme Court, Manhattan.
At 6:15 p.m., Diaz Jr. attends the DREAM Gala, Cipriani 42 Street, 110 E. 42nd St., Manhattan.
At 6:30 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer attends the Power of Influence Awards gala, Zavo Restaurant, 1011 Third Ave., Manhattan.
At 7 p.m., de Blasio will appear live on NY1’s “Inside City Hall.”
Also at 7 p.m., Williams will receive the Human Rights Award at the event, which features a group of honorees including actor Tom Arnold, activist Jessica Raven, and Matt McMorrow, senior advisor in the Office of the Mayor, 453 W. 17th St., Manhattan.
At 8 p.m., McCray will attend the Public Theater’s annual gala, The Delacorte Theater, 81 Central Park West, Manhattan.
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President Donald Trump was in Virginia yesterday for a special church service praying for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting.
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney called the controversy over the White House requesting that the USS John McCain be moved “out of sight” during Trump’s recent trip to Japan “much ado about nothing.”
Trump is “deadly serious” about imposing tariffs on Mexican goods starting next week in a bid to force Mexico to step-up its immigration enforcement efforts, Mulvaney said.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said that if he had been the nominee in 2016 instead of Hillary Clinton, he would have won the election and been president today.
Trump lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan by comparing him to a “shorter” version of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Trump’s company had high hopes for a Uruguayan condominium development. But the long-delayed project has become a microcosm of the Trump Organization’s deep problems.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said some Boeing Co 737 MAX and NG planes may have parts that were improperly manufactured and that it will require their replacement, the latest issue to hit the world’s largest plane maker.
Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has boosted the profile of her family’s shipping company, which benefits from industrial policies in China that are roiling the Trump administration.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hopped over the counter to get to the Queens Pride Parade yesterday, turning to cold medicines to get her out of bed after initially calling in sick.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Federal Communications Commission to review whether internet providers are providing the broadband speed they’re advertising and not ripping off their customers.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand sought to revive her struggling presidential candidacy at a fiery Fox News town hall in Dubuque, Iowa by unapologetically embracing late-term abortion, and lighting into the National Rifle Association as “the worst organization in this country.”
Gillibrand was the fourth Democratic 2020 contender to participate in a Fox News town hall, solidifying the centrality of the Rupert Murdoch-controlled network to the party’s presidential contest.
For years, California has been an afterthought in presidential primaries, because it usually votes long after candidates have sewn up their parties’ nominations with wins in other states. But it has moved up its primary, causing problems for the current 2020 Democratic field.
The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett, will depart “shortly,” Trump said on Twitter, winnowing another advocate of traditional conservative positions on trade from the ranks of the president’s advisers.
Google and Amazon have thrived as American regulators largely kept their distance. That may be changing, as the companies are now at the center of a storm brewing over big tech.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he plans to make a “solidarity trip” to Israel following the end of the legislative session, which sunsets June 19.
De Blasio’s latest choice to head the New York City Housing Authority “omitted material details” while testifying about its lead-paint scandal, including how officials failed to adequately investigate whether kids are being exposed, according to documents obtained by The NY Post.
New York City will descend into lawless free-for-all for criminals — similar to the movie “The Purge” — when the new bail reform goes into effect, a police union official said.
A former sex-trade survivor who says she was victimized everywhere from New York City strip clubs to Nevada’s legal brothels is now at the forefront of the national battle against legalization, saying that it only encourages “horrific” trafficking.
As New York considers legalizing recreational marijuana, some law enforcement officials say they are scaling back enforcement efforts. But recent data indicates there continues to be a high number of arrests for marijuana offenses in the Capital Region.
Cuomo has been lobbing verbal bombs at state legislators as they enter a final crunch of negotiations before summer adjournment.
Property tax exemptions for homes owned by clergy members in Nassau County shifted more than $463 million in valuation onto other taxpayers last year, more than double the amount in 2008, a Newsday analysis of state records shows.
Henry “Hank” Greenberg, the new head of the New York State Bar Association, laid out plans to study a number of public policy issues, including the advent of autonomous vehicles.
Fans of SZA and The Strokes were left in the lurch when music festival Governors Ball was cancelled due to “severe weather.”
A dilemma is looming over one of America’s best public arts schools – Manhattan’s LaGuardia High School: Does a graceful modern dancer or a brilliant painter deserve a seat if they have middling grades in algebra or English?
Suffolk legislators are set to vote Tuesday on a proposed “ban the box” law that would eliminate a common check box on job applications asking about past criminal convictions.
State Democratic lawmakers have declared war on charter schools in the waning days of the legislative session — introducing four bills that parrot recommendations by the anti-charter teachers’ union.
A Queens assemblywoman is pushing a series of bills to increase transparency of doctors facing allegations of misconduct — and prevent a repeat of a notorious case of patient abuse by a deviant Columbia University gynecologist.
State Senate and Assembly Republicans are collaborating – even dining together – to try to keep Democrats from cementing their hold on all of state government.
With one of his political allies now running the Buffalo Comptroller’s Office, a fundamental question is popping up: Is the office now too close to Mayor Byron Brown to be a fiscal watchdog?
Fifth Avenue turned into a river of blue and white yesterday as thousands of people marched through midtown to show their support for Israel in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade.
A number of Legal Aid lawyers, who represent those who most need, but can least afford, legal services, have taken second jobs as bartenders, dog walkers or Uber drivers out of financial necessity.
Former NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn is eyeing another run for mayor in 2021.
NYC lawmakers once promoting municipal measures are now pushing Albany to pass legislation that would legalize e-scooters and e-bikes.
As debate rages over how to better integrate New York City’s most selective public schools, a small one run by a former Wall Street trader offers an unusual path to diversity and academic success.
The state tax department said it will automatically issue STAR checks to homeowners this fall who earn between $250,000 and $500,000 instead of requiring them to register with the state.
A dry run of a $3.8 million facial recognition security system is to begin today in Lockport public schools, despite a statement from the State Education Department that its use has not been approved.
The National Weather Service yesterday upgraded an earlier flood watch to a flood warning for six shoreline counties: Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga and Oswego.
Downstate airports were slammed with hours-long delays last night after severe thunderstorms battered the Tri-State.
St. Matthew’s Cemetery in West Seneca hurriedly moved 215 caskets weeks ago without notifying the next of kin, shocking family members when they came to pay respects at burial sites no longer there. A class-action lawsuit may result.
Gun rights advocates are standing behind a Central New York homeowner who shot and killed two people who were attempting to burglarize his home earlier this week.
An autopsy will be conducted today on the body of a man who died in the Buffalo Police Department lockup yesterday morning, but the department’s chief of staff told reporters yesterday afternoon that nothing seemed amiss after the man was incarcerated.
Cuomo announced the application window is now open for round one of the Grow-NY food and agriculture competition.
Thirty years after a brutal attack that changed their lives, the men known as the Central Park Five have been thrust back into the spotlight with Netflix’s release of a limited series about the case.
A proposed design for a memorial remembering the victims of the 2018 Schoharie limo crash has been unveiled.
The 2019 Woodstock festival is not “canceled,” but the 50th anniversary concert in Upstate New York is still in doubt with just 75 days to go.