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New York state is investing $275,000 in new initiatives to combat poverty in Oneonta.

In New York state government news, the challengers hoping to oust Gov. Andrew Cuomo say the Democrat is dragging his feet on debates.

Police in upstate New York say a man suspected of raping a woman at gunpoint has been taken into custody at a hospital after he eluded police.

A contingent from the New York Air and Army National Guard will be heading to Africa this weekend to participate in the continent's largest air show.

County leaders from across New York state are urging state and federal environmental officials to set higher standards for industrial chemicals that have contaminated some communities' water.

A private jet carrying rapper Post Malone blew two tires during takeoff at a small New Jersey airport on Tuesday but made a safe emergency landing hours later in upstate New York, prompting the rapper to thank fans who prayed for him and diss those who "wished death" on him while he was in the air.

An upstate New York city is suing federal and state agencies over the contamination of its primary water supply.

Popular ridgetop hiking trails and forest habitat will be preserved with the acquisition of a tract in the Hudson Highlands that's prominently visible from the Hudson River and many public areas including the Newburgh waterfront.

Prosecutors say a 44-year-old man has admitted stabbing an acquaintance to death and hiding his body in a planter in front of his house.

State officials say nearly 80,000 utility customers from New York City's northern suburbs to the Mid-Hudson Valley remain without power two days after a violent storm tore through the region.