Day: August 6, 2026

Sullivan County Faces Steepest Sales Tax Decline in NY for First Half of 2026

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released the latest local sales tax collections report for the first half of 2026 last week. While New York state saw an overall increase of 6.8% in sales tax revenue, Sullivan County saw the steepest decline at 5.3% of any county in the state. Sullivan County reported $33.58 million […]
Sullivan County Faces Steepest Sales Tax Decline in NY for First Half of 2026

Historical Experts Brace for Fallout of Changes to National Historic Preservation Act

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | By Alex Simone Recent changes to federal law have local experts raising concerns about the preservation of designated historic sites and buildings around Western New York. Changes to the Historic Preservation Act have removed requirements for federal agencies to assess how their projects will impact such sites. Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National […]
Historical Experts Brace for Fallout of Changes to National Historic Preservation Act

How a New Generation of Women is Reclaiming Traditional Mohawk Medicine

New York Public News Network | By David Escobar A group of women scaled down a steep embankment toward the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River, where a freshly cut white willow tree waits below. Armed with pruning shears, they clipped slender branches and carried them back up the slope. Jasmine Jimerson inspected each piece before […]
How a New Generation of Women is Reclaiming Traditional Mohawk Medicine

ICE’s Presence in New York is Surging, Immigrant Rights Activists Say

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Why would an immigration check-in be scheduled for Sunday? That’s what Jean Aurilio wondered last month when she headed to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Malta, about 20 miles north of Albany, with her husband Jesus Carrión. He fled Peru several years ago […]
ICE’s Presence in New York is Surging, Immigrant Rights Activists Say

Bethel Woods Marks Woodstock Anniversary with Rare Look Behind the Festival

BETHEL, N.Y. — Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is commemorating the anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair with a week of special programs that go beyond the music, bringing together original organizers, historians and legendary photographers while offering new insight into how the iconic festival came together. Museum Curator Neil Hitch […]
Bethel Woods Marks Woodstock Anniversary with Rare Look Behind the Festival