Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

County officials advise that residents should avoid unnecessary travel until further notice.

New York’s hospitals and medical providers can no longer place liens on patients’ homes, or garnish their wages, due to medical debt. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation last week prohibiting those collection practices.

An addiction recovery center in Otsego County has introduced the first naloxone vending machine in New York. Naloxone, also known as the brand name drug Narcan, can reverse opioid overdoses.

Residents of tiny Conklin, New York, are surprised the teen accused of a mass shooting in Buffalo came from their community. People of color in the nearby city of Binghamton have a different view.

The alleged gunman who killed ten people in a racist attack at a Buffalo grocery store on Saturday is from Conklin, New York, near Binghamton. Conklin residents are trying to make sense of the shooting.