Howard Bennett, Former Teamster, Testifies In Joe Bruno Corruption Trial
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former Teamsters official testified that then New York state Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service w...
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former Teamsters official testified that then New York state Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service w...
Samantha Marshall | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
What makes state legislators -- along with hapless mayoral candidate Bill Thompson -- think we're the perfect source of revenue to close the MTA budget gap?
The Journal News | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote during a special session within weeks....
The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...
NY1 | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
In an exclusive interview Monday on NY1, Governor David Paterson reaffirmed that he is running in the gubernatorial election next year and addressed t...
nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett and Erin Einhorn | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
Mayor Bloomberg lit into convicted Sen. Hiram Monserrate on Sunday - at the same time as the state Senate moved to set up a panel to decide his fate....
nytimes.com | Sewell Chan and Anemona Hartocollis | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
A judge on Friday halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for swine flu. ...
Dan Cantor | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
What if we could help stop global warming, save homeowners on their utility bills, and create thousands of badly needed jobs too? It’s not a fa...
New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.11.2009 | New York
Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A political power broker and an investment executive who advised government officials in several states have pleaded guilty to securi...
AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is taking the word of the attorney general's staff that they had nothing to do with attempts to push...
saratogian.com | TOM CAPROOD | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
Security will be especially tight around Hudson Valley Community College and parts of the Capital Region today as local authorities prepare for the ar...
New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
An 18-month investigation by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo into accusations of political interference at the State Police has found no evidence tha...
New York Daily News | By Glenn Blain | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson doesn't think it was such a great idea to go after all those Wall Street bonuses. Paterson Thursday took aim at a signature ...
New York Times | RAY RIVERA | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York
Pedro Espada Jr., the majority leader of the State Senate who is already at odds with tenant advocacy groups, appointed a new deputy chief of staff la...
AP | Michael Gormley | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's now illegal to text, tweet or surf while driving in New York. Gov. David Paterson announced Thursday that he signed the a...
Times Union | JAMES M. ODATO | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York
ALBANY --- The attorney general's office is investigating if Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. submitted false statements in a grant application...
AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — New York Gov. David Paterson says his comments last week suggesting some of his critics were motivated by racial bias have been misunders...
New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
ALBANY - Few New Yorkers would disagree that state politics are broken. Even fewer are the number of proposed fixes - from term limits for lawmakers t...
Times Union | IRENE JAY LIU | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York
As Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. fended off scrutiny over his son's short-lived Senate job, the chamber's Democrat leaders authorized $350,000 in pay raises a...
New York Times | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York
ALBANY -- When Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg retired last year, there were no sendoffs, no cakes and no serenades. In fact, no one even knew he had l...
Kathryn Wylde | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
From a business perspective, nothing could be worse during this period of economic uncertainty than the chaos and instability that have characterized New York state government during the past two years.
AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A judge has issued a restraining order blocking Richard Ravitch from serving as New York Gov. David Paterson's lieutenant gover...
Henry J. Stern | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York
If one wants to keep one's readers informed, one must continue to plow through the garbage, pointing out the most noisome tidbits. At the same time, one should think of ways to effect change.
New York Times | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York
ALBANY -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's efforts to renew his control of New York City's school system stalled on Wednesday as Senate Democrats insisted...
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York