ALBANY — Binghamton University will now join three other state colleges in conducting research on industrial hemp, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Both Binghamton and SUNY Sullivan were authorized this week to participate in the state’s Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot program, in which universities and private farms can grow and research hemp as an agricultural commodity. The program was launched ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the following appointments to his administration, adding to a team committed to implementing his bold agenda. “From fighting to achieve social and economic justice, to creating stronger communities in every corner of this state, our administration has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of all New Yorkers,”‍ Governor Cuomo said. “By bringing in new ideas and new talent, these additions ...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Public Service announced today that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has designated Gregg C. Sayre as the interim chair of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and interim chief executive officer of the Department of Public Service. Mr. Sayre fills the vacancy that will be created on March 9, 2017 when Chair Audrey Zibelman steps down to prepare for her new role as the Chief ...

The talk in Rochester is that, this time, we’re going to tackle poverty differently than we ever have before. We’re talking about doing it better. No more blue ribbon panels. No more idealistic dreams that lack the resources to succeed. No more isolated initiatives that tackle only a piece of the problem or engage all but the people most affected by it. This time we’ll be systemic, acknowledging that poverty is caused and sustained by ...

Amanda Reyes was auditioning for her umpteenth acting role in New York City recently when the casting director asked her to “be more ghetto.” It was nothing new. She had worked for several years in Los Angeles, and the acting parts for Latinas were for teenage moms, gang bangers and hustlers — never the protagonist — and more often than not, an offensive stereotype. “I go through this almost every audition,” Ms. Reyes, 27, said ...

Rick Ostroff, Co-Chair of the Upstate New York Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk recently presented CBS 6 News with a sponsorship award in recognition of the outstanding support the station provided for the 2016 Light the Night Walk. As the official media sponsor for the 2016 Light the Night Walk, CBS 6 raised critical awareness for this important event which supports the lifesaving work ...

Fifteen other communities in the state are using some the principles in the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative to battle poverty. The goal of the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative is to have those communities model their process after Rochester. That’s according to Leonard Brock, director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, or RMAPI. He says each of those communities will need to take the methodology ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Datto Inc. will create up to 200 new high-tech jobs as part of its expansion into new office space in the Metropolitan Building, in downtown Rochester. This expansion, which will bring the company’s total employment to approximately 350, is being supported through a $2.1 million capital grant through Governor Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative ...

Yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled the proposed FY 2018 Executive Budget, which builds on the state’s fiscal discipline over the last six years while strengthening the middle class, reducing taxes, and making smart investments in New York’s future. For the seventh consecutive year, the Budget is balanced and holds spending growth below two percent. “This year’s budget raises up the middle class and advances ...