The program is active in 34 states and more than 700 counties, and ICE wants to expand it nationwide by 2013. It has met strong resistance from civil rights and immigrant advocates.

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 ...

Let's face it, when you count your blessings this year the first thing that springs to mind is not going to be the New York state legislature. Still, there's lots in New York to give thanks for.

In case you forgot, two tornadoes blasted through Brooklyn and Queens in September, pulling up trees, wrecking sidewalks and killing one woman. Now, G...

NEW YORK — The woman who brought domestic violence allegations against a former top aide of New York Gov. David Paterson says she plans to refil...

Last month both the Assembly and state Senate unanimously passed groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that will put New York at the forefront of a nationwide effort to provide health insurance coverage for people with autism.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's Legislature has approved unprecedented furloughs for state workers to contend with the state's fiscal crisis. Democra...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson stepped into the immigration debate Monday, saying he would create the nation's first "pardon panel" to inves...

State legislators are making it easier to end a marriage in New York. The Assembly on Thursday night overwhelmingly approved no-fault divorce, allowi...

Gov. Paterson slammed two of the Republicans who want his job this morning, saying they "know nothing" and should not be running for the state's top o...

The state fiscal year is nearly one-quarter over -- and there's still no adopted state budget. Governor Paterson has twice rammed through extenders to keep the state government operating.

Day 78 without a state budget. 78 is the speed of some old records, in rpm, the atomic number of platinum, and the number of chromosomes in a dog's DNA (39 pairs). We have 23 pairs.

After days of bitter public debate in which Gov. David A. Paterson and state lawmakers each sought to pre-emptively cast blame for a potential shutdow...

Gov. David A. Paterson and his wife donated a total of $4,650 to charities in 2009, according to his tax returns. That's nearly half as much as he don...

Like thousands of other New Yorkers who regularly attend the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, members of this loose-knit clan of friends, relatives a...

State officials began preparing on Wednesday for what they said would be the first government shutdown in New York history as prospects for the passag...

It was a small step for Charlie Rangel's political future - but a giant leap for Gov. Paterson. Rangel was the man of honor as he kicked off his 21st...

Just off his widely reported delayment of state school aid payments due to a lack of funds, Gov. David Paterson hinted that the state may have to with...

In July, Richard Ravitch was working his way through a steak dinner at Peter Luger's when an aide to Gov. David A. Paterson unexpectedly arrived to sw...

The state budget is officially late. Again. The fiscal year came to a close on Wednesday night with no budget deal between the Legislature and Gov....

With no on time budget in sight, Governor David Paterson announced Tuesday that he is putting hundreds of construction projects in the state on hold. ...