Senator Tom O’Mara says New York’s all-electric school bus mandate could become “the most costly unfunded state mandate ever ...

Under the state’s plan, all new school buses will be electric by 2027, and by 2035, all of the state’s roughly 50,000 school buses will be zero-emission.

Syracuse, N.Y. – New York state’s efforts to replace 40,000 diesel and gasoline-fueled school buses with electric ones during the next decade are hitting some speed bumps with local taxpayers.

New York mandates that by 2027, any new school buses have to be zero emissions; and by 2035, the school bus fleet statewide should be all-electric. But critics say it’s unrealistic, costly and ...

As more electric buses come to roadways across the Southern Tier and New York state in 2025, students will benefit from a healthier commute to school, a better quality of life and the promise of a ...

New York schools need to electrify their bus fleets by 2035. Many were expecting financial help from the federal government to make that happen, but now that’s uncertain.

NEW YORK-- New York City could be seeing its first school bus driver strike in 10 years, and although not every student uses a school bus, those who do heavily rely on them.

This leads to struggles like those New York City has been grappling with. Last year, the public school system’s bus network, which serves 150,000 students, received at least 130,000 compliant ...

Parents say complaints about NYC public school buses often go unanswered 03:16. NEW YORK — Many New York City Public Schools parents and students say city school buses are often arriving too ...

Some New York City school bus drivers have a need for speed, racking up thousands of traffic tickets for recklessly operating the big yellow vehicles that carry roughly 150,000 schoolkids every day.