State Rep. Ellen Troxclair cited mental health issues related to social media as her motivation for filing the bill.

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I am a teacher who has a flip phone, so I do not spend much time on my phone other than to talk; however, I am totally against banning phones in school. The issue of using or not using a phone in ...

A plan to ban public school students in New York from using their cellphones during the school day that’s being championed by ...

Chemung County issued a lawsuit to New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday, stating the actions done by Hochul’s executive ...

A New York lawmaker is calling on the state to repeal the HALT Act, a controversial law at the center of the recent prison ...

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

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

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 ...