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MTA Installs Platform Barriers at More than 50 Stations
July 18, 2025 | 2:45 PM EDTGovernor Hochul announced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed protective platform edge barriers at 56 subway stations.
Sojourner Truth State Park Improvements Underway
July 18, 2025 | 12:25 PM EDTGovernor Hochul announced the groundbreaking for the buildout of major elements of Sojourner Truth State Park in Ulster County, including a new swimming facility and bathhouse pavilion.
Concerns Grow Over GOP ‘Big Ugly’ Plan
July 18, 2025 | 10:14 AM EDTGovernor Hochul joined U.S. Representative Pat Ryan, local elected officials, doctors, farmers and non profit workers to sound the alarm on the detrimental effects of President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” on New York State.
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Governor Hochul urged New Yorkers to prepare for a lake effect weather system that is expected to dump more than a foot of snow in locations near Lakes Ontario and Erie starting Monday and continuing into Tuesday evening.
Governor Hochul signed legislation requiring camps and youth sports programs to establish automated external defibrillator, or AED, implementation plans and to have at least one person trained to properly use the AED at camps, games and practice.
Governor Hochul updated New Yorkers on the Rainbow Bridge incident in Niagara Falls.
La gobernadora Hochul actualizó a los neoyorquinos sobre el cierre de puentes en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Canadá luego de un incidente en el Puente Rainbow.
Governor Hochul announced that the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force will be monitoring all points of entry to New York.
“I have been briefed on the situation that occurred at the Rainbow Bridge in Buffalo. At my direction, the New York State Police is actively working with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force to monitor all points of entry to New York."
“Yesterday, I convened a meeting with New York’s bipartisan Congressional delegation and the families of individuals whose loved ones have been taken hostage by Hamas."
Governor Hochul signed legislation that requires utility companies to develop plans to prioritize responding to reports of downed wires.
La gobernadora Hochul firmó la legislación S.5026/A.6040, conocida como la Ley “Los trabajadores independientes no son libres”, que brinda protección, derechos y oportunidades de recurso a los trabajadores independientes que no reciben el pago de sus servicios.
Governor Hochul announced, in celebration of Taste NY’s 10th anniversary, that the Adirondacks Welcome Center, a premier destination for travelers and constructed by the State Department of Transportation, has reached a major milestone, attracting more than one million visitors.