Four in a Row: New York National Guard Tops Nation Again in Recruiting
For the fourth year in a row, the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) is outpacing recruiting numbers compared to more than four dozen of its counterparts. The NYARNG has exerted prowess in both recruiting and retention since 2022, with an assigned strength of 11,700 recruits for the 2025 fiscal year that concluded Sept. 30—representing […]
New York Honors 250 Years Of Military Service In Nation’s Largest Veterans Day Parade
The largest Veterans Day parade in the country filled Fifth Avenue with thousands of marchers and spectators who braved freezing temperatures to salute those who served. It became a day of flags, salutes and stories of sacrifice that stretched across generations. Thousands lined Fifth Avenue to celebrate 250 years of American military service. The Army, […]
Schumer Asks US Army to Award New York Hero with Medal of Honor
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The push to recognize U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, a Staten Island hero, with the nation’s highest military decoration has received another surge of momentum. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is renewing his push in suggesting Ollis receive the Medal of Honor. The effort comes a few weeks after the Richmond County […]
New York National Guard Preparing to Replace State's Correction Facilities Staff Amid Strikes
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has alerted the state’s National Guardsmen to get ready to staff correction facilities if an ongoing strike isn’t resolved by Wednesday, as current prison guards walk out following record numbers of assaults by inmates and worker shortages. Staff at prisons across the Empire State began striking, walking off the job […]
New York Governor to Deploy 250 More National Guard Troops in Subways
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul has increased the number of National Guard troops in the New York City subway system, she announced Wednesday — doubling down on a controversial deployment that she credits with helping drive down subway crime. “It’s clear to me, as I’ve heard from many people, that the presence of the […]
Pennsylvania State Senator Sues Critics of His Book About WWI Hero Sgt. York
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state senator and former GOP gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has sued a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics over criticism of him and his research into World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York. Sen. Doug Mastriano’s defamation, […]
New York Guardsmen Accused of Sexually Exploiting Asylum Seekers Housed in Hotel
A federal lawsuit accuses at least five New York National Guardsmen and public contract workers of sexually exploiting asylum seekers. Seven migrants allege numerous incidents of sexual exploitation at a Quality Inn in Cheektowaga, outside of Buffalo — part of the state’s effort to house a flood of asylum seekers coming into the country as […]