The lawsuit was brought by residents of the town of Newburgh who claimed its at-large election system diluted the vote of ...

A NY appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2022 law meant to protect minority voting clout. It had been found unconstitutional ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups. The ruling from the Appellate ...

Photos show not only the complete destruction of the car, but how close the flames came to causing even more serious damage ...

The ruling affirms the law’s prohibition on vote dilution and sends the case back to a lower court to assess whether the Town of Newburgh’s election process violated the NYVRA. James has been a strong ...

A state appellate court on Thursday unanimously reinstated New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2022, a law that prohibits "vote dilution" actions by municipalities. In a ruling penned by ...

In a major decision today, a New York appellate court reversed a trial court decision striking down the New York Voting Rights Act on its face. The court held that the town of Newburgh wouldn’t ...

The Newburgh school board has suspended Superintendent of Schools Jackielyn Manning Campbell. The district's former superintendent was also suspended until his contract expired in 2023, though he ...

Ford, 35, was found guilty of fatally shooting Jimmy and Shatavia “Tati” Crisantos and 9-year-old Giovanni Tambino in ...

Kaliek Goode-Ford stood trial for nearly two weeks in the 2020 deaths of a Town of Newburgh family. A jury found him guilty on all counts after deliberating for 90 minutes.

A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling striking down a state law that prohibits local governments from ...