Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday advocated for restricting smartphone use in K-12 schools statewide, citing excessive cell phone use as a factor negatively impacting learning and children's mental ...

Smartphone use in our schools has supercharged in-school violence and bullying, created an educational environment full of ...

Although there was over $9 billion allotted for various transportation initiatives, the $252 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

The group — Phone Free New ... in their cell phone. And it’s taken kids to a dark mental-health place,” Hochul said Sunday on CBS New New York’s “The Point” program with Marcia Kramer.

If school teachers and administrators are saying that student access to their cell phones during the school day is disruptive and distracting, and if they say kids are using their ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on January 21 a proposal to ban cell phones in classrooms. She stated that cell phones in the ...

Kathy Hochul on Wednesday promoted her push to restrict smartphone use in K-12 schools statewide. The launch of the effort follows the introduction of a legislative proposal as part of Hochul’s ...

Senate File 21, “Ban on cell phone use in schools,” died in a 17-11 vote on the Senate floor. Bill co-sponsor Wendy Schuler, ...

"Our kids will finally be free from the endless disruptions of ... or recommend local districts impose their own restrictions. Government reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 664-4631 ...

We spent a day chatting with public defenders, prosecutors, police officers, and family members at the Hall of Justice.