As news of President Obama's support for gay marriage broke on Wednesday, New York's top politicians reacted to the historical civil rights milestone....

Bronx Pentecostal minister and New York State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) compared abortion to the Holocaust Tuesday during a rant against a piece of...

Kruger's bribery conviction is part of the answer to an Albany mystery -- why Gov. Andrew Cuomo is so indifferent to the question of whether his Democratic Party can win back the state Senate in the next election.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- Opponents of New York's gay marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came Monday...

New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., along with National Organization For Marriage Chair Maggie Gallagher, spent a sizable portion of their anti-ga...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of gay couples are planning to converge on Albany Thursday to witness what would be a historic vote to legalize gay marria...

By Dan Wiessner ALBANY, June 15 (Reuters) - The New York state Assembly approved same-sex marriage on Wednesday and the bill is likely to face ...

The 26th annual AIDS walk was on Sunday in New York. Over 40,000 marched in the walk, which raised $6 million to fight the disease. Meanwhile, in ...

Looks like New York City might need a gym membership. The Bronx and Brooklyn ranked, respectively, 62nd and 58th out New York's 62 counties in a r...

One recent weekend, the Bronx was besieged by an evening of carnage. Between late Friday night and early Saturday morning, August 6 to 7, my borough saw nine shooting incidents.

Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., who has made a career of giving his Democratic colleagues more than a little agita, put out a statement that seems to blame Gover...

We must ask why the same freedom that enables a State Senator to say "no" in Albany prohibits a same-sex couple from saying "I do" in Brooklyn.

The City Planning Commission approved a controversial plan Monday to turn the Kingsbridge Armory, a soaring red-brick castle in the northwestern Bronx...

How did something so very basic become so lurid and convoluted? Marriage equality is about love, commitment, responsibility and legitimacy.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson wants the Legislature to grant him emergency, one-time power to close a $3.2 billion deficit in the ...

When city tax dollars are used to subsidize a private developer, community residents should benefit from the deal.