The average payment on a $400,000 home is $166 lower than a year ago. There are several types of stocks that could be big winners. Although the stock market has been rather turbulent so far in 2026, ...

A total of 15 New York school districts had poverty rates of over 30% in 2024, according to new data. The Jamestown City School District in Western New York had the highest poverty rate in the state ...

The Village of Rouses Point Municipal Electric System, formed in 1903, supplies power through a New York Power Authority contract for low-cost hydro power generated by the Niagara Project in Lewiston, ...

The January employment report is likely to cement the Federal Reserve's wait-and-see posture, making it difficult for officials to build a case for further rate cuts based on labor-market weakness. It ...

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that. Over the past 50 years, the federal government’s welfare spending has increased by 765 ...

SANDUSKY, Ohio — As Cedar Point prepares to open for the 2026 season on May 9, the Sandusky amusement park is now looking to hire for 7,000 seasonal jobs. Cedar Point says pay starts at $15 per hour ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rent can eat up an entire paycheck at the start of the month, so a growing number of renters are turning to a financial product that promises relief by letting them split the bill — ...

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Tuesday called for the central bank to make aggressive interest rate cuts this year. "I'm probably looking for a little bit more than a point of interest rate ...

The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from 13.1% to 13.5%. The state’s poverty rate remains higher than the national average. The rate is lower than it ...

Rent-stabilized tenants can choose a 3 percent increase on a one-year lease, or a 4.5 percent increase on a two-year lease. Which is the better option? By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: I live in a ...

When faced with Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to freeze the rent on 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, the owners of said apartments countered with a theory that was a little like the Law of ...

New York’s child poverty rate has consistently been one of the worst in the nation for years now. Currently, the state ranks 41 st in the US, with 18% of children living in poverty. In many upstate ...