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Cuomo credited the former presidential candidate with inspiring the Excelsior Scholarship plan.
The funding will go toward the total reconstruction of the battered pier.
The MTA will use funds from the state budget to study the West Shore Light Rail system in Staten Island.
Politicians and locals have been criticizing the MTA for its $1 billion cut to the project.
The budget would create what officials say is the longest paid family leave program in the nation.
Advocates are calling on Albany to lift a "freeze" on how the state formulates funding for charters.
During a roundtable on the state budget, the mayor said colocations were still the city's decision.
The budget agreement secures 24 jobs at a Staten Island research center.
The state Senate offered $2.7 billion over 5 years for UPK and after-school, but won't permit a tax.
State Senate co-leader Dean Skelos said Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan would not come to vote in Albany.
If the measure is approved, Gov. David Paterson said Hunter College Students would pay less than $10,741 over the next decade.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.