Ny Politics

Despite Mayor Bloomberg's staunch opposition to the city council's proposed living wage bill, Council Speaker Christine Quinn came out defending the m...

Scarlett Johansson threw yet another fundraising bash for Manhattan borough president and mayoral wannabe Scott Stringer. This is the third event ...

If I told you during the campaign that Governor Andrew Cuomo would have major, unprecedented first-year accomplishments, and then would set the bar high in year two, wouldn't you ask what was in my coffee?

Congressman Bob Turner has announced to fellow Republicans his intent on challenging Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in this year's upcoming election. ...

The most important wine region to New Yorkers isn't Bordeaux. It's New Jersey, where almost all the fine wine they drink is warehoused. An amendment before the New York Senate would end this practice.

Newt Gingrich is running for president by running against New York. That's the essence of the victory speech he gave in South Carolina when he singled out "elites in Washington and New York."

As his third-term inches towards the end, Mayor Bloomberg is dishing out on who he thinks will succeed him in City Hall. In an interview with The ...

As Newt Gingrich continues to plummet in the polls, the presidential hopeful is now aiming his trash talk at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not on trial. But the defense in the case of a former operative accused of stealing more than $1 million ...

There is no question that the protesters have tapped a vein of frustration felt by Americans of all political persuasions. While the energy driving these protests in cities across the country may be new, the issues are not.

Mayor Bloomberg's Young Men's Initiative underplays the dire nationwide economic distress which has so many minorities ensnared in poverty -- including minority women and young girls who aren't eligible for the Initiative.

I believe Hugh Carey was the greatest governor of the modern era going back to the administration of Alfred E. Smith.

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

The crowded field flirting with a 2013 mayoral run in New York just got a little more crowded. Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media, which publishes ...

It's summer in the city, and that means weekends at the beach, walks in the park, and, for the third year in a row, the annual slaughter of Canada geese.

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned in his "State of the City" address Wednesday that New York still faces deep budget problems and promis...

ALBANY - Carl Paladino's best chance to turn around his staggering campaign comes tomorrow night in a face-to-face debate with rival Andrew Cuomo. ...

Feisty gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is expected to broadcast a "major" announcement over many New York stations tonight. Paladino has purcha...

The fiasco on Primary Day last month, when some polling stations opened late and new equipment failed to record votes, was more than a failure of new ...

Paladino's Dog Dukes It Out Like dog, like owner: Carl Paladino's pitbull attacked a passing Labrador yesterday after Paladino addressed a crowd of T...

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said city pension funds have set unrealistically high assumed rates of return on investments, a...

I am all for conversion therapy. When a politician like Harold Ford says, "I've evolved and am now in favor of full equality for LGBT Americans," a little bell rings and an angel in heaven gets her wings.