Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged Friday to stop the runaway train of subway violence by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New Yorkers — but critics quickly ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul says the recent surge in violence in the subway "cannot continue." She says she will include new legislation in the executive budget to change New York's involuntary commitment ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will introduce legislation to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she’d introduce legislation to the state budget that would make it easier to involuntarily ...

Kathy Hochul is reiterating her efforts to make it easier to involuntarily commit and treat people with severe mental illness ...

The governor said she is taking several steps to help fix the problem as she believes many crimes are linked to untreated mental illness.

Amid a recent spate in headline-grabbing subway violence, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday vowed to pursue action that will make ...

The idea of a systemwide school cellphone ban in the nation’s largest school district gathered significant momentum last ...

Despite past opposition from lawmakers, the governor once again plans to propose expansions to laws involving involuntary ...

This will be the year that makes or breaks Kathy Hochul’s political career. The Democratic governor, who won a full term in ...