Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik is reportedly planning to plead guilty Thursday morning to avoid three pending criminal trials. Sources tell the Associated Press a plea deal could land Kerik in prison for about two-and-a-half years. His attorney says he could not confirm nor deny a plea agreement. Kerik faces three separate [...]
A historic win for a black woman on Staten Island and a Chinese-American woman in Chinatown have helped make a little more election history — for the first time, people of color will hold the majority of seats on the New York City Council. When newly elected members take office in January, the 51-person council [...]
Republican David A. Gay notified the Onondaga County Republican Committee on Wednesday that he intends to run for the 25th Congressional District seat. Gay, 28, a Rosewood Street resident, said he will ask the committee to make him the designated Republican candidate. “I’m campaigning on my activist resume,” said Gay, who is active in the [...]
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has abandoned his bid to run a slot parlor at Aqueduct Racetrack, whittling the field of hopefuls for the potentially lucrative license down to five. The withdrawal of Mr. Wynn, who had been considered among the front-runners, leaves two favorites remaining, according to a source connected to the process [...]
Staten Island has long been unique in this racially diverse city: a borough where whites constitute the vast majority. But over the last few decades and particularly in recent years, people of other races have been increasingly calling the island home. From 1990 to 2000, the percentage of residents who identified themselves as black increased [...]
Howard H. Roberts Jr., the avuncular boss of New York City’s buses and subways, resigned Wednesday after a tenure of two and a half years. His departure raised few eyebrows inside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where officials had been speculating about Mr. Roberts’s fate for weeks, according to several people familiar with the situation. Mr. [...]
Police are accusing a Utica city council candidate of punching a poll worker during an election night scuffle. Republican Ed Hill was charged with second-degree harassment, a violation, after Utica police said he hit a poll worker during a scuffle with Democratic opponent Frank Vescera. According to Deputy Police Chief Mark Williams, Hill “chest-bumped” Vescera [...]
Years ago, Stephanie Miner’s high school classmates voted her most likely to succeed. They were right. The 39-year-old Democrat was elected mayor of Syracuse Tuesday, winning 50 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Steve Kimatian (39 percent) and Conservative Otis Jennings (10 percent). Miner not only becomes the first woman mayor in Syracuse’s 161-year [...]
A day after polls showed him holding a double-digit lead, Mayor Michael Bloomberg edged outgoing Comptroller William Thompson to win a third term as mayor Tuesday night in a race that turned out to be closer than many had expected. With 100 percent of New York City precincts reporting, Bloomberg finished with a 51 percent [...]
All five of the New York City borough presidents have been re-elected. The incumbents were largely favored to win Tuesday’s election. Democrat Ruben Diaz in the Bronx won by the largest margin against GOP challenger Allison Oldak. He had 87 percent of the vote with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. Scott Stringer remains in [...]
