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The Senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is headed back to Puerto Rico as the state continues to help the U.S. territory recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.

A group of about 70 doctors and volunteers from New York and Long Island are deploying to Puerto Rico as it recovers from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria.

A Utica business has set up camp in Puerto Rico to aid property owners in recovery following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. "People are suffering here," said Chris Salatino, owner of Claim Solutions, a public adjuster located in Utica.

Health care providers across New York state are planning to send physicians, medicine and medical supplies to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

Dozens of workers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be flying to Puerto Rico to help with relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria's widespread devastation.

An Owego man is among Red Cross volunteers in the Southern Tier and elsewhere in New York being deployed to help people ravaged by three historic, back-to-back hurricanes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is heading to the Caribbean for the second time in a week to get a firsthand look at the damage left behind by a hurricane.

A passenger about a cruise ship allegedly jumped overboard this weekend and crews are still searching for him.

Referendums have come before the people of the island of Puerto Rico and never before had a majority of them voted to seek full statehood.  That changed on election night 2012.