After battles in Albany over who should have access to results of state-mandated teacher evaluations, the group given the right to see them—parents—appears to be showing little interest.

New York’s high school graduation rate improved slightly to 76.4 percent last year, even with higher learning standards, education officials said Thursday, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration made clear it is far from satisfied with the state of schools.

Administrative policy may be the new pillow talk on college campuses across New York.

A ferocious lake-effect storm left the Buffalo area buried under 6 feet of snow Wednesday, trapping people on highways and in homes, and another storm expected to drop 2 to 3 feet more was on its way.

Homeowners opened their front doors to find sheer walls of white. Shovelers turned walkways into head-high canyons. A woman gave birth in a firehouse after the snow prevented her from reaching the hospital.

Several feet of lake-effect snow paralyzed the Buffalo area Tuesday, forcing state troopers on snowmobiles to deliver blankets to stranded motorists on the New York State Thruway on a wintry day when temperatures fell to freezing or below in all 50 states.

Parts of New York measured the season’s first big snowfall in feet, rather than inches, on Tuesday as 3 feet of lake-effect snow blanketed the Buffalo area and forced the closure of a 132-mile stretch of the state Thruway.

New York’s largest teachers union is suing the state Education Department over what it views as a “gag order” on teachers who score state tests.