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As he prepares for his 80th birthday next week, former president Bill Clinton told the graduating class of the Golisano Business Institute on Friday that he's been doing a lot of reflecting. And he reminded the students that "life's like any other game played.” “You can do your best today, and it might not be as good as you did yesterday, because we all have better days than others,” Clinton said.

President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s gubernatorial run Friday, attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats in the state as soft on crime. Trump and top Justice Department officials announced new crime statistics and denounced New York’s new immigration law during an afternoon rally at the Nassau County Police Academy. Speaking with scores of uniformed cadets behind him, Trump tied sanctuary laws to high-profile crimes.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, will appear with President Donald Trump on Friday as top law enforcement officials tout what they say is a nationwide decrease in violent crime. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel are also expected to appear with the Republican president, the White House said.

Cleats kick up grass, knees drive high, and with each decisive step, several dozen teenage athletes drive their way over ladders and ankle-high hurdles up a hill. After reaching the top, they descend slowly back down and, when cued, drop to the ground and begin pushups, mountain climbers, or shoulder taps from a plank position. Up and down the hill they go, pushing themselves as coaches call out orders under a blazing sun on a breezy summer morning at Nazareth University.

State regulators are considering whether to allow utilities in New York to once again generate their own power. The state forced utilities to sell off power plants in the 1990s to encourage more competition. Now the companies want to generate wind and solar power in order to help meet the state’s climate goals, they say, and shore up the grid. They claim independent power companies have fallen short of keeping up with state targets, in part because of financial pressures and supply issues.

New York state's recycling data is garbage, according to a new report by the state comptroller. The Department of Environmental Conservation requires the roughly 400 statewide refuse facilities to file annual reports about the waste they bring in, including how much of it is diverted to recycling. But an audit by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of the department’s records from 2021 to 2023 show nearly a third of the reports were missing.

Bruce Blakeman is leaning on Donald Trump and his signature issues as he tries to energize upstate Republicans about his run against Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Nassau County executive laid out a tough line against undocumented migrants during a Sunday speech by Great Sacandaga Lake, whipping up a crowd at a joint rally with North Country congressional candidate Anthony Constantino.

Stargazers will be treated to one of the best celestial shows of the year this week. Before sunrise on Wednesday, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune will appear across the eastern horizon. That'll be followed by a partial solar eclipse around midday Wednesday. And then, the Perseid meteor shower will peak late Wednesday night into the pre-dawn hours of Thursday. "I think that makes Aug. 12 such a phenomenal day for astronomy.

A program that allows adult learners to attend SUNY community colleges tuition free hopes to reach more people this year. This year's state budget provided more money to SUNY Reconnect for outreach and expanded programs and campuses. The program, which was launched last fall, is open to adult learners ages 25 to 55 who haven't previously received college degrees. There is a new exception for nursing students who have degrees in other fields to help address a shortage.

Nelson Rockefeller has a marble-clad modernist plaza, Hugh Carey has a tunnel, and Mario Cuomo has a bridge. Now, former Gov. George Pataki has a namesake structure: a two-story brick building in Albany, a few blocks from the State Capitol, where he reigned from 1995 to 2006.