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Gov. David Paterson is setting up a showdown with New York's Senate over how to address a $3.2 billion deficit and allow New York to pay its December bills.
Authorities in New York say a woman who had about 20 dead dogs buried in her backyard on Long Island faces a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.
New York Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back to Albany for a special session to cut the budget and possibly vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.
A good-government group is calling for an ethics investigation into how New York Gov. David Paterson got his Yankees tickets for the first game of the World Series.
In an early version of an Oct. 31 story about the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava had instructed her supporters to embrace Conservative Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava originally only said she released her supporters; she later asked them to support Democrat Bill Owens.
President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and conservatives in the GOP.
In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race amid a rising conservative upstart renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?
The House Republican leader says he regrets that he and other members of his party spent time and money supporting the GOP nominee in a special House election in upstate New York.
Fighting plunging support, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign Saturday in a special election for a U.S. House seat that has exposed a rift among national factions of the party.
The Senate's Democratic majority won't attend Democratic Gov. David Paterson's address to a joint session of the Legislature Monday, when he will try to build support for attacking New York's latest fiscal crisis, according to state officials informed of the decision.
Prominent Republicans like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are bucking the GOP to back a conservative candidate for a House seat in New York, opting to defend what they see as pure party ideology even if it means helping a Democrat win.
Chesapeake Energy, one of the nation's largest natural gas producers, said Wednesday it won't drill in the New York City watershed in upstate New York because of opposition from politicians and environmental groups.
A deepening deficit has New York officials looking again at how to collect unpaid taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes to non-Indians.
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed a third-party candidate over the GOP-backed contender in New York's congressional special election, saying her own party has abandoned its core values.
New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that he expects to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law in the coming weeks.
New York's Commission on Public Integrity says it has settled nine complaints against three related lobbying firms for violations in 2003 and 2004 for $60,000.
A new New York company hopes to complete financing of a Syracuse plant to make electric cars by the end of this year and start rolling out plug-in hatchbacks in late 2010.
New York's top court is upholding rent controls on thousands of units at one of the nation's largest apartment complexes.
Victims of a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme who wanted the man who robbed them severely punished got their wish Wednesday when a judge sentenced the 83-year-old businessman to a 20-year prison term.
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are lending their political star power to an unlikely Democratic bid to win a special congressional election in an area that's been a Republican bastion for more than a century.
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (mahn-suh-RAHT') has been acquitted of a felony charge of second-degree assault for slashing his girlfriend's face in a jealous rage.
The conductor of the New York Philharmonic wielded his baton as an instrument of diplomacy Thursday. His words, however, weren't all sweet.
New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor's historic low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Chinatown is likely to get its first Chinese-American representative on the City Council, and a Taiwanese immigrant is headed for citywide office — a dramatic change for the nation's largest city, which had no Asian-Americans in elected office just eight years ago.
Paterson Paints Grim Picture of N.Y. Budget CrisisNew York Gov. David A. Paterson took the rare step Monday afternoon of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season and used the speech to underscore the increasing grimness of New York's financial outlook. Mr.
Hark! The Voters Speak! "Endorsements don't work if they're oblique and half-hearted, as if they had been sent via Candygram."
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to RightDemocrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
New York Water Bottle Deposit BeginsAs the first stores started implementing New York state's new 5-cent deposit for some bottled water Saturday morning, local retailers said they heard little grumbling from customers.
Rep. Anthony Weiner Calls for Public Option Opponents to Drop Their Gov't CareOn Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance.
Isiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson over criticisms in new book - Ian Thomsen - SI.comSome drama from the basketball world. When he heard the criticisms from his former friend Magic Johnson in a soon-to-be-released book, Isiah Thomas said he'd had enough. And so he began to fight back.
Court Deals Blow to Owners of Apartment ComplexThe state's highest court dealt a financial blow on Thursday morning to the already beleaguered owners of the sprawling Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village complexes in Manhattan when it ruled that they improperly began charging market rents on thousands of apartments.
Design Plans for Midtown TowerRochester's Midtown Tower will be a place to live and work. We'll learn more about the vision and the design for the structure Monday Morning.
NYC Coaltion for Accountability NOW:The Turning Point; NYC WTC 9/11 Denied Ballot Initiative's lessons and new strategy. Lessons Learned.80,000 signatures denied. NYC's dying 1st responders denied treatment and justice.Inspite of the will of the people.Abandonment.Malfeasance and avarice. What holds our movement back from embracing what works?What do we do? A Multi-Tiered Strategy
David Gergen's Voice: Former Aides Talk Experience, PoliticsTed Sorensen, Ken Deberstein and David Gergen discuss advising the President.
Woman Loses Unemployment Checks Due To $1 Per Day Google AdSense IncomeLawyer's Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 A Day From Blog from Forbes reports that a woman who was earning $405 a week in unemployment benefits had those benefits pulled by New York State after she began earning about a $1 per day with Google AdSense on her blog.
Protesters Beaten and Hospitalized in American City After Accused of Blocking Firetruck Several witnesses are saying that the cops' version of events doesn't jive with reality. The cops have changed for the worst there.
City of 8 Million Was a Ghost Town at the PollsIn the 97th Election District of the 79th Assembly District in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, the polls opened last Tuesday at 6 a.m. They remained open until 9 p.m.
Voice of the Voter Poll 2009The Voice of the Voter project has released the results of its annual voter poll assessing opinions of local, state, and national issues. Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. interviewed 500 likely voters in Monroe County between September 23-25, 2009.
Anchor Bar, Wings and a PrayerMuch like someone who hasn't read the book before seeing movie, I went into the new Anchor Bar on East Avenue with no preconceived notions or expectations of what it should be.
Cop tested seven hours after crash: Officer was slurring, refused Breathalyzer as woman lay dyingIt took authorities more than seven hours to draw blood from an accused drunken cop who killed a preacher's daughter while driving back to a bar for more booze, the Daily News has learned.
Climate genocide: Island Nations fear "benign genocide" through climate change inactionSmall island states say world will be committing "benign genocide" if it doesn't agree to drastic climate change measures... at a meeting in New York ask temperature increase limited to as far below 1.5C as possible
Paterson blames weak Obama record for friction Well, this is going to make David Paterson a lot of friends in the White House, as he tries to put himself in the president's shoes:
Some U.N. members are envious, arrogant beggars :: Wesley PrudenManhattan will be a dangerous place this week for President Obama, where the terminally envious of the world are waiting at the United Nations with envy, arrogance and outstretched begging bowls.
Once upon a time, Binghamton had one of the strongest local music scenes in New York State. Alternative rock, progressive rock, punk, metal, hip hop, folk... you name it, and Binghamton had it.
Trade Center Wreckage Finds New Purpose in MemorialsWhen Jeff Cox, a 15-year-old candidate for the rank of Eagle Scout in Windermere, Fla., approached the small town's mayor with park improvement ideas to help earn a badge, the mayor informed him that those projects were already covered.
Palin Invited To Testify Before NY Senate On Elderly Care, Death PanelsThe former Alaska Governor's health care policy contribution is defined by a brief Facebook message she wrote in early August in which she warned that Democratic reform would create "death panels" tasked with determining who to euthanize, including her Down Syndrome child.
Cuomo sues to shut down debt-collection operation : Latest Local News : The Buffalo NewsThe thing is nobody ever says "when I grow up I want to be a Bill Collector" do they? So, if that is the profession embarked upon shouldn't you also hold that with the highest integrity? As a prior Debt Recovery Specialist I can say that it is a difficult position and title to …
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