In 1973, two years after President Nixon declared a "war on drugs," New York Governor Rockefeller passed the toughest drug laws in the nation, demanding mandatory sentences for drug law violations, while removing the judge's power to consider each case individually.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks higher taxes for those New Yorkers making over $500,000 a year-- as proposed last week by Public Advocate...

MTA chief Walder had a number of good reasons for his secretive flight from New York and the MTA.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former New York governors Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson have closed their campaign accounts, signaling no quick returns to politics...

Back in February, former New York Governor David A. Paterson announced he'd be joining the faculty at New York University. "I thought I was going to s...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former Gov. David Paterson will not face perjury charges on allegations that he lied about taking free Yankees tickets for the 2009 Wo...

Look no further than the Wall Street Journal to figure out what NFL owners are up to. The newspaper reports that the owners have enough money on hand to kill the entire 2011 season.

NEW YORK — An aide to former Gov. David Paterson has reached a plea deal in a domestic violence case that touched off an evidence-tampering inve...

Tiger Woods was fined for spitting during the final round of the Dubai Classic. Maybe baseball should adopt that rule?

ALBANY, N.Y. — An aide to New York Gov. David Paterson who was accused of domestic violence, in a case that embroiled Paterson in scandal and ul...

the principal fault line in fiscal policy is not between the two parties, but between spenders and savers, with the Democrats evenly divided.

In March 2010, CJR filed two Freedom of Information Law requests seeking e-mails between journalists and Governor Paterson's two most senior press aid...

The wrenching disappointments of the Spitzer and Paterson administrations are now behind us; the ever-mounting budget deficit is before us.

According to a report in today's Post, Governor Paterson is up Shell Bank Creek without a paddle, or a dollar to buy a paddle. Paterson has allegedly ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson contradicted his staff, the Yankees and common sense when he falsely claimed he always intended to p...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican Carl Paladino promised he would pull New York out of its economic morass – and lay off thousands of state worker...