This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling...WW…

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo repeated Friday afternoon that he would not resign despite calls for him to do so from more than a dozen members of the state's congressional delegation.“I never harassed anyone, I never abused anyone, I never assaulted anyone, and I never would," he said in a conference call. "I'm not going to resign. I was not elected by politicians; I was elected by the people."The story so farTimeline: Patterns emerge: Attorney General's investigation: 'Shadow investigation': Calls to step down:After delivering a perfunctory COVID-19 briefing — positivity rate,...…ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo repeated Friday afternoon that he would not resign despite calls for him to do so from more than a dozen members of the state's congressional delegation.“I never harassed anyone, I never abused anyone, I never assaulted anyone, and I never would," he said in a conference call. "I'm not going to resign. I was not elected by politicians; I was elected by the people."The story so farTimeline: Patterns emerge: Attorney General's investigation: 'Shadow investigation': Calls to step down:After delivering a perfunctory COVID-19 briefing — positivity rate,...WW…

ALBANY — Republicans are continuing to press for subpoenas to be used to compel Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration to provide documents and testimony about its handling of coronavirus in nursing homes, including records documenting the decision-making that guided the treatment and protection of elderly residents and their caretakers.The political pressure has intensified in the wake of a report last week that determined the health department had undercounted nursing home fatalities by roughly 50 percent at a time when criticism of the administration's policies governing the facilities...…ALBANY — Republicans are continuing to press for subpoenas to be used to compel Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration to provide documents and testimony about its handling of coronavirus in nursing homes, including records documenting the decision-making that guided the treatment and protection of elderly residents and their caretakers.The political pressure has intensified in the wake of a report last week that determined the health department had undercounted nursing home fatalities by roughly 50 percent at a time when criticism of the administration's policies governing the facilities...WW…

ALBANY — With positivity rates soaring to heights not seen since the dangerous days of the spring, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Buffalo Bills will host nearly 7,000 fans at their stadium for their first-round NFL playoff game next week."I'm going to take my test and be out there to watch the game with you," added Cuomo, who said he was a Bills fan.Under the plan developed by the Bills, Cuomo's Department of Health and a medical company that's providing the tests, the Bills would allow 6,772 fans into the stadium for the game, which will be held either Jan. 9 or 10. Tickets will...…ALBANY — With positivity rates soaring to heights not seen since the dangerous days of the spring, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Buffalo Bills will host nearly 7,000 fans at their stadium for their first-round NFL playoff game next week."I'm going to take my test and be out there to watch the game with you," added Cuomo, who said he was a Bills fan.Under the plan developed by the Bills, Cuomo's Department of Health and a medical company that's providing the tests, the Bills would allow 6,772 fans into the stadium for the game, which will be held either Jan. 9 or 10. Tickets will...WW…