Author: Derrick Whitmore

Delta Air Lines had announced plans to discontinue its only commercial service at New York’s Greater Binghamton Airport, a move that would have taken effect on February 14, 2026. The airline had been operating a daily flight between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Binghamton on Delta Connection Bombardier CRJ-900 regional jets, the sole scheduled commercial link at the upstate facility. Without it, the airport would have been left without any commercial flights, a stark prospect given that other carriers such as United and American withdrew service in the 2010s and low-cost carrier Avelo briefly entered but later exited the…

The City University of New York (CUNY) has reported rising student enrollment for the third consecutive year, driven largely by gains at its community colleges. Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted these increases as evidence that targeted state initiatives, particularly the free community college program CUNY Reconnect are successfully expanding access to higher education for adult learners. Driving Factors Behind Enrollment Gains Fall 2025 enrollment grew by 3.8 percent compared with the previous year, with community colleges experiencing a 7 percent increase. In total, CUNY welcomed about 9,000 additional students this semester, bringing the systemwide enrollment to roughly 247,000 students. Since Fall…

New York State has enacted the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act), a landmark law creating broad safety, transparency, and compliance obligations for developers of powerful artificial intelligence systems, called frontier models. Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, the legislation is designed to ensure that companies building advanced AI address critical safety risks and report notable incidents, establishing enforceable standards ahead of the law’s effective date on January 1, 2027. The RAISE Act targets only the largest AI developers whose models meet specific computational and cost thresholds. Under the agreed framework for implementation, the law will apply to entities…

Delta Air Lines has announced it will discontinue its sole scheduled commercial service at Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM), in Broome County, New York. The airline informed local officials that its daily Detroit-bound flight will cease operations on February 14, 2026, effectively ending all scheduled passenger airline service at the facility. Delta’s decision removes the only regular commercial flights for residents and businesses that have depended on the airport for convenient regional and national connections. A Regional Airport Loses Its Last Airline The Greater Binghamton Airport, located in the town of Maine just north of the city, has struggled in recent…

Mount Sinai South Nassau, a prominent teaching hospital located in Oceanside, New York, is expanding its clinical leadership by recruiting a Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Medicine. This position, part of the Mount Sinai Health System, combines administrative leadership, cutting-edge clinical practice, and partnership with academic medicine. The appointment reflects the hospital’s broader mission to strengthen access to specialized digestive and liver care across Long Island’s South Shore communities.Mount Sinai South Nassau serves a large, diverse patient population with extensive medical services. It operates as an acute-care, not-for-profit regional referral center, offering emergency care, advanced diagnostics, surgical specialties, and comprehensive…