New York

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

Food Insecurity Rises Across Hudson Valley, Children Hit Hardest

A growing number of Hudson Valley families are struggling to put food on the table, and children are being affected at an alarming rate, according to the latest Map the Meal Gap report from Feeding America. Barry Lewis of the Regional Food Bank Hudson Valley said the report found that one in six children across […]
Food Insecurity Rises Across Hudson Valley, Children Hit Hardest

Gov. Hochul Defends One-Year Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers, Citing Energy and Community Concerns

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state’s first-in-the-nation one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers is intended to give lawmakers and regulators time to develop policies that protect electric ratepayers, strengthen the power grid and give local communities more leverage in negotiations with developers. In an interview Monday with WAMC’s David […]
Gov. Hochul Defends One-Year Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers, Citing Energy and Community Concerns