ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a prison overhaul bill Friday, significantly increasing the use of cameras in correctional facilities and making other changes in the wake of a beating death of an inmate in central New York.

The governor’s expected sign-off comes after heated negotiations over how closely New York’s RAISE Act should mirror California’s pioneering law.

It’s intended to strengthen transparency and accountability around conditions in the state’s correctional facilities.

Gov. Kathy Hochul today repealed the so-called 100-foot rule that allows most new customers to hook into natural gas networks for free, but delayed implementation for a year.

Kathy Hochul is the first female governor of New York. Before becoming governor, the Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011 and became the Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2015.

Governor Hochul claims 8 communities have expressed interest in hosting a nuclear plant, but she declined to name them.

Flags will be flown at half-staff statewide on Saturday in honor of Phoenicia Fire Commissioner and firefighter Michael J. Ryan, who died Saturday, Dec. 13 while helping to

The timing of Governor Hochul's announcement comes on the same day that ex-Mary Corrections Officer David Kingsley was sentenced for the murder of Brooks. Oneida County Court Judge Robert Bauer gave Kingsley 25 years to life in prison, the maximum, at the request of prosecutors.

Gov. Kathy Hochul again made the New York Coalition for Open Government 'naughty list' after vetoing a bill to tighten FOIL response deadlines.