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...
Adam Hanft | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media
Just a week after saying that Glenn Beck was right when he called President Obama a racist, Rupert Murdoch has made another negative comment about a b...
Alan Singer | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Governor Paterson's proposal proposed budget cuts (and similar proposals in the other 49 states) are a recipe for an even worse economic disaster than we have had during the past year.
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. ...
The Ithaca Journal | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
While state leaders say they will work to repeal a new fee on license-plate purchases, there are no immediate plans to drop the production of new plat...
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.
nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Gov. Paterson on Monday joined the chorus of critics questioning the government's plan to try Kalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terror...
The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
After a concerted political blitz including a television ad campaign, a new poll finds David Paterson's approval and favorability ratings inched up th...
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...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York's Senate failed to vote on a bill legalizing sam...
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
New York State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr.'s opposition to marriage equality in New York state is just plain stupid, and history must hold him to account.
Jack Hidary | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
Let's see if our dysfunctional state system can pass a bill that helps us all or whether we are doomed to be left behind as the rest of the country benefits from the new energy economy.
nytimes.com | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
Gov. David A. Paterson took the rare step on Monday of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season and used the sp...
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...
Scott Stringer | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
Kill the Drill is a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the city's upstate watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York City's drinking water.
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.
Liz Krueger | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York
I do not know that this legislation will pass, although I am optimistic. But whether we have the votes to pass marriage equality legislation or not, it will be a credit to the Senate.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York
Unfortunately for Paterson, he has disadvantages that Corzine did not: a contested primary next September and powerful leaders opposed to his renomination.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media
Hey kids! Remember that time when South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford disappeared off the face of the earth, leaving his perplexed staff behind to g...
Scott Stringer | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.
NBC New York | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases. The executive order means that far more health ca...
Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
The governor's inaction -- perhaps disinterest -- in whether New York has a shot at hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education aid underscores the current vacuum on educational issues.
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York