With only 16 legislating days left in the session, Congressional Democrats are trying to find a way forward on meaningful climate action. But even if they manage to pass any of the number of bills currently sitting in committee, there's no guarantee the governor will sign them into law. Cuomo, one of 24 governors who has committed his state to upholding the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, has also indicated that he's not interested in passing any more environmental legislation in this session. Meanwhile, critical thresholds continue their portentous advance.

Two days of showers have complicated search efforts in California, but also helped nearly extinguish the wildfires, according to Josh Bischof, operations chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Once the rain clears, state officials will be able to determine if the blaze is fully out, he said. The Camp Fire ignited Nov. 8 and has destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings, most of them homes. That's more than the worst eight fires in California's history combined, the agency said, with thousands of people displaced. Volunteers interrupted by rain Friday found other ways to help.

A campaign video released on Wednesday by the Rockland County Republican Committee was removed from social media on Thursday, after it was widely condemned as an anti-Semitic attack.

Members of the public can now view the top submissions to "Aim for the Sky: Competition to Re-Imagine the Buffalo Skyway Corridor," which challenged the nation's top urban designers, economists, planners and architects to reimagine the four-mile stretch of lakefront.

As students and others across the world came together to demand government action to address climate change on Sept. 19, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s latest shareholder efforts to encourage corporations to address climate risk.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority board approved a controversial and hastily wrought reorganization plan on Wednesday that could cut as many as 2,700 jobs and save MTA as much as $530 million annually over the next three years — but the speed with which it was developed, limited public input, the fact that it’s not exactly complete and fears that planned consolidation will wrest control from popular NYC Transit President Andy Byford and other MTA division heads has many concerned.

Longtime Chicago Alderman Edward Burke will step down from the powerful position of City Council Finance Committee chairman after being charged Thursday with attempted extortion of the owners of a Burger King franchise, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday morning.

A power outage on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Saturday evening lasted a little more than five hours — trapping people in subways and elevators, thwarting theatre-goers on Broadway, dimming the lights in Times Square and leaving drivers without traffic signals from 72nd Street to the West 40s, and from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched the second year of the largest artificial reef expansion in state history.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was joined by Vice President Al Gore on Thursday, as he signed into law the nation's most ambitious climate plan and announced the nation's largest offshore wind project, which is expected to power more than a million homes and generate more than $3 billion in economic development