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Cuomo Threatens To Launch Ethics Probe

Newsday | Posted 05.09.2013 | New York

ALBANY -- As more lawmakers' names surfaced in a federal corruption probe, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday he might launch an ethics probe if legi...

7 More NY Elected Officials Under Criminal Investigation

Posted 05.08.2013 | New York

Seven elected officials in New York, and two former political aides, were the target of a federal corruption probe, a new document reveals. The ni...

Six Arrested NY Pols, Six Not-Guilty Pleas

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 04.23.2013 | New York

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The government's evidence in a political corruption case – audio and video recordings, text messages, emails and more...

Cuomo Calls For 'Open Primaries' Following Scandals

Newsday | Posted 06.17.2013 | New York

ALBANY -- On the heels of a New York City mayoral scandal, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Tuesday called for "open primaries" for political party endorsements i...

Friday Talking Points -- What the Media Missed

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.05.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

We've got a lot to cover this week, so we're going to try to get through everything in a rather foreshortened format. At least, that's the goal.

U.S. Attorney Warns Crooked NY Pols To Watch Their Backs

DNAinfo | Posted 06.04.2013 | New York

NEW YORK -- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara sent a shot across the bow of Albany on Thursday, warning New York's corrupt politicians that they should be l...

Assemblyman To Resign After Cooperating With Feds

| Posted 04.04.2013 | New York

By Carla Zanoni and Jeff Mays NEW YORK — Bronx State Assemblyman Nelson Castro was expected to resign his office Thursday after a year-long cooper...

ANOTHER NY Politician Arrested For Corruption

Posted 04.04.2013 | New York

New York Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was arrested Thursday morning for taking bribes, says the U.S. Attorney's office. Four others were also arrested i...

Calls For Reform After Malcolm Smith Scandal

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 06.04.2013 | New York

ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest in a long string of New York political scandals shows the ongoing need to remove money from Albany politics, advocates...

Fallout From Corruption Case Reverberates From NYC To Albany

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 04.04.2013 | New York

NEW YORK -- It's a case that smacks of small-time corruption, with allegations of cash payoffs in parked cars. But the charges a Democratic state sena...

Arguing for Increases in Federal Funding for Childhood Cancer Research -- Part III

Jonathan Agin | Posted 06.03.2013 | Impact
Jonathan Agin

Money makes the world go 'round. Or so we are told. Certainly for medical research, this is true. And, for the childhood cancer community, it is clear where we fall in the federal spectrum, i.e. on the low end of the stick.

WHO'S WHO: Breaking Down The Malcolm Smith Bribery Case

| Posted 04.03.2013 | New York

By Julie Shapiro, DNAinfo News Editor NEW YORK — The alleged far-reaching bribery scheme that landed six New York political leaders in jai...

John Celock

FBI Sting Operation Targets Corruption In NYC Mayoral Race

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.02.2013 | New York

The FBI Tuesday morning arrested two high-profile Queens politicians, State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D) and City Councilman Daniel Halloran (R), and four o...

Two Prominent Pols Arrested For Trying To Rig NYC Mayoral Election

| Posted 06.02.2013 | New York

By Aidan Gardiner, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer QUEENS — Prominent Queens politicians Malcolm Smith and Dan Halloran were arrested early ...

The Empty Chair of Harold Varmus, M.D.

Jonathan Agin | Posted 04.14.2013 | Impact
Jonathan Agin

It could not be more important that the federal government, through the direction of NCI, does more to fight childhood cancer.

Independent Democrats Ally With Republicans To Take New York Senate

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.05.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- New York's state Senate will be run by a coalition of Republicans and Independent Democrats after election results had initially left De...

WATCH: Sen. Demands Lil Wayne Apologize For Not Liking NYC

Posted 08.23.2012 | New York

Lil Wayne has found one less fan in New York State Senator Malcolm Smith this week. The politician said he was "shocked" by the rapper's distaste for ...

FRONTRUNNER

Posted 08.15.2012 | New York

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn-- who wo...

Too Close to Call

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Henry J. Stern

Not every Democrat is likely to mind a Republican Senate. In some ways, a Republican victory would be helpful to Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo.

The Quiet Deception of Community Control

Will Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Will Schwartz

But while the call for localism before the Charter Review Commission is a seductive one given the state of the city, in the end I think it really boils down to a cheap kind of populism.

Feds Investigating Link Between State Senator Malcolm Smith And Charity Group

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and RAY RIVERA | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Four current or former officials of a Queens nonprofit group or a related charity founded by State Senator Malcolm A. Smith and Congressman Gregory W....

Locked Out: State Senate Fails To Start Session

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

ALBANY -- A justice in State Supreme Court told Democrats and Republicans on Friday morning to talk throughout the weekend to try to resolve the dispu...

Are You Dull? A Smartphone Can Tell You

Michael Wolff | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Michael Wolff

Checking your phone is the official, and nearly acceptable, way to say you're boring me.