Luke Parsnow

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

Nearly 300,000 fewer cars crossed the U.S.-Canadian border to New York state last month compared to the same period last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol numbers released Wednesday by U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who attributed that drop to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the recent intensifying relationship with the northern neighbor.

1 week ago | ny1.com | Luke Parsnow

The proposed $300 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, passed last week in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a larger budget package would impact more than 3 million New Yorkers, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. In addition, to receive food stamps through SNAP, those up to age 64, rather than 54, who are able-bodied and without dependents, would need to meet the 80 hours a month work or community engagement requirements.

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office has reached a settlement with Walmart over shipping realistic looking toy guns to parts of the state, her office announced Tuesday. An investigation found that third-party sellers on the retailer’s online store sold realistic looking toy guns to residents of New York and Walmart shipped nine of them to addresses in New York City, Westchester County and western New York.

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

Shootings in New York state are down 9% so far in 2025 compared to the same period last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday, the lowest level of gun violence the state has seen since the state began tracking this data nearly 20 years ago. New statistics released by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services showed a 15% decline in shooting victims and a 9% drop in shooting incidents with injury between Jan. 1 and April 30.

2 weeks ago | ny1.com | Luke Parsnow

House Republicans squeezed through their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package on Capitol Hill in the early morning hours Thursday along party lines with no room to spare, with one New York Republican one of the five who voted against the measure. The bill extends some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks the GOP engineered during Trump's first term in 2017, while adding new ones he campaigned on during his 2024 campaign, including no taxes on tips, overtime pay, car loan interest and others. U.S. Rep.