Beginning on September 13, New York state will implement new enhanced background checks for guns and ammo. This is what you need to know about the changes.
Last summer, for about a three week period on New York's south shore beaches, ocean swimmers were on shark alert. Six victims were bitten during that time period in rather shallow water, on the white sands of Long Island. This year, New York's Governor Kathy Hochul says that the state parks are ready to take on the monsters of the deep.
As reported here on December 6th, the New York State Legislature had passed a bill that would have allowed counties to opt-out of the 2021 'Holiday Hunt' law, which added a deer hunting period from December 26th through January 1st each year in the designated Southern Zone of New York State. For those non-hunters, the Southern Zone is just about everything south of the Adirondacks. Democratic State Senator, John Mannion sponsored the opt-out bill and another powerful democrat put an end to his endeavor.
Governor Hochul announced the opening of the Children's Museum at Saratoga, a 16,000 square foot facility developed as part of the Park of the Arts initiative.
Police say the suspected gunman in today’s mass shooting in Buffalo is an 18-year-old college student and self-proclaimed white supremacist from Conklin.