New York’s quest to stave off an existential threat to the Essential Plan, which covers 1.7 million low-income New Yorkers who are ineligible for Medicaid, seems likely to succeed.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul introduces a $1.5 million pilot program for firearm risk screenings in emergency departments, aiming to prevent violence proactively.

Nursing home advocates and Democratic lawmakers rallied at the New York State Capitol to demand a larger share of state ...

Health insurance is getting more expensive across the Tri-State Area. In New York, 140,000 people saw their premiums spike after the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits expired at the end of ...

New York City and the state will enact several new laws in 2026, primarily pertaining to employment, health care and consumer protection. Perhaps the most impactful new legislation will be the ...

In an extraordinary break from the federal government, the public health departments of at least three states and New York ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report on Wednesday analyzing the governor’s proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year. While the state has a $3.5 billion surplus ...

After an unexpected, late-session veto, the effort to strengthen protections for consumer health information is back on the table in New York.

The state Senate and Assembly’s responses to the governor’s executive budget do not address the expected loss of health insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers over the next year, ...

On March 4 in the Capitol, New York State senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins, James Skoufis and Shelly B. Mayer introduced legislation aimed at reinforcing a science-based vaccine policy that is free ...

It’s a misdemeanor for anyone who knows they have a sexually transmitted infection to have sex. The law discourages people from getting tested.