ALBANY, N.Y. — The corruption case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he u...
Will Schwartz | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York
If the Senate gets their way, in just a few years we'll end up having to gut education, Medicaid, and public assistance. In just a few months, we'll have to lay off state employees.
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers headed home Thursday without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis. The Legislature was in se...
nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Gov. David A. Paterson took to the radio, trying, in interviews on half a dozen stations, to add a sense of urgency to the budget negotiations, and re...
The New York Observer | Steve Kornacki | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Mr. Cuomo's poll numbers are so high that - barring the overhyped possibility of a run by Rudy Giuliani - next November's election won't be much fun. ...
Will Schwartz | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.
NY1 | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
With the announcement Tuesday from members of the New York State Senate that they'll put same-sex marriage legislation to a vote before the end of the...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature me...
timesunion.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
Gov. David Paterson has threatened, scolded and tried to cajole legislators into addressing the state's growing budget deficit. But despite his Monday...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson on Monday urged lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, calling it "an issue that touches on the...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The latest tempest involved New York's 23rd Congressional district, where the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because of her positions on gay and abortion rights.
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York
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 11.24.2009 | 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 11.21.2009 | 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 ...
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York