The New York Lottery today announced that three third prize winning tickets worth $50,000 for the October 17, 2022 Powerball® drawing were purchased in New York. The jackpot for the drawing to be held Wednesday night is an estimated $508 million.
RealClear’s rolling average of polls from Sept. 30-Oct. 12 shows Hochul up by only 5.3%, with nearly 7% of voters undecided.
US inflation surged 8.2% in September — a steeper-than-expected increase as stubbornly high rent and food costs look poised to ensure another sharp Federal Reserve interest rate hike next month.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation ending the practice of charging an additional fee to debtors when collecting outstanding debts owed to the State resulting from educational expenses. Prior to this law, a fee of 22 percent was added by state law on top of the total debt due.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140 per month starting in January.
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced that it has started to mail additional financial relief to eligible New Yorkers.
Zoetop, which owns and operates the popular e-commerce brands SHEIN and ROMWE, had a data breach in which 39 million SHEIN accounts and 7 million ROMWE accounts were stolen, including accounts for more than 800,000 New York residents.
New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to maintain the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) and protect New Yorkers after a federal judge last week granted a temporary restraining order in Antonyuk v. Hochul.
Powerball players live to see another drawing as the jackpot surges to $421 million after there were no winners on Monday night.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul gave Sukkot greetings to the New York Jewish community leading up to the holiday.
Lottery players were in the running for the massive $353 million Powerball jackpot during Wednesday’s drawing. According to the Powerball website, no ticket holder won either the $2 million or $1 million prize.
US home prices are plunging at their most significant clip since the housing market cratered during the Great Recession, mortgage analytics firm Black Knight said in a report released Monday.
Governor Kathy Hochul today commemorated National Drive Electric Week by directing the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action that will require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035.
The Internal Revenue Service erroneously sent more than $1 billion in child tax credit payments last year to millions of Americans who weren’t eligible for the free cash, an audit showed Tuesday.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced actions to crack down on unemployment insurance fraud after a New York State Department of Labor investigation found that insurance fraud accounted for more than $11 million in benefits payments in August.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Tuesday that it had disabled a China-based network that was working to incite US political divisions on social media ahead of November’s midterm elections.
There was no winner for Monday night’s $285 million Powerball jackpot, now making this Wednesday’s drawing an astonishing $300 million.
