Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she supports a new plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban cell phones, bell-to-bell in schools.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for New York state schools to ban cell phones bell-to-bell. Hochul is asking the Legislature to include the policy in her state budget. Speaking at the New York State ...

A plan to ban public school students in New York from using their cellphones during the school day that's being championed by the governor is hitting some turbulence from her fellow Democrats in ...

Western New York students had a chance to weigh in on a proposed statewide “bell to bell” cellphone ban in schools.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. ( NEWS10) — Mohonasen Central School District implemented its new cell phone policy at the beginning of the school year. They opted to not have a bell-to-bell ban, instead ...

The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s — but ...

The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix ...

In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...

From Mayor Adams’ quid pro quo accusations to a statewide prison strike, Hochul has had to fight several metaphorical fires – ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...

Spending on the public schools now accounts for more than a third of New York City’s budget — yet the woman nominally in ...