Luke Parsnow

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

New York brought in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of medical equipment during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that went unused and is now sitting in storage facilities without getting recommended maintenance while costing taxpayers storage expenses, according to a report released Friday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office.

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

Republican U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney reported raising just over $1 million in the first quarter of 2025, the congresswoman announced Thursday. Tenney said her campaign raised money from every county in her district, receiving over 5,700 donations from more than 2,400 donors. Tenney represents New York's 24th Congressional District, which snakes along Lake Ontario’s shoreline from the Thousand Islands to Niagara County, save for the greater Rochester area.

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has returned to House GOP leadership in the new role of chairwoman of House Republican Leadership and was reappointed to her committees after President Donald Trump recently withdrew her nomination as ambassador to the United Nations. According to a press release Wednesday, the leadership chair role is a senior leadership appointed position focused on strategy and communications.

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

As state budget negotiations drag a week past the deadline in Albany, Gov. Kathy Hochul threw a dark horse issue into the talks with a proposal to change election procedures so candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run together in the primary rather than separately, Spectrum News 1 confirmed Monday. First reported by Politico, it’s a change that would benefit Hochul as she has grappled with challenges with multiple lieutenant governors.

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Luke Parsnow

The union that represents New York correction officers is calling for an urgent meeting with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to address a range of issues regarding the safety and working conditions of its workers, the state Correctional Officers and  Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) said in a release Friday.