Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson.
Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to look into the two scandals plaguing the governor.
Reports say that Paterson allegedly helped cover up a domestic violence investigation involving his top aide and allegedly lied under oath about asking for [...]
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio received a boost of political support Wednesday from former governor George Pataki.
Pataki, a three-term governor, said Lazio is the right choice to clean up the dysfunctional government in Albany.
“I believe the right person, the best person for the party, and more importantly for the state, is Rick Lazio,” Pataki said.
Lazio’s [...]
Do you care how much salt State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has in his food? Well, he cares about how much you have in yours.
The Brooklyn Democrat has introduced a bill that would completely ban the use of salt in every restaurant kitchen in New York State.
Violations would result in a $1,000 fine, according to The [...]
Governor David Paterson has pardoned an immigrant slated for deportation for having spent time behind bars for crimes he committed as a teenager.
Qing Hong Wu, 29, was officially pardoned on Saturday but he was released from detainment in a New Jersey correctional facility Tuesday night.
Wu, pictured above center, came to the United States when he [...]
The Fire Department is preparing to deactivate its street alarm boxes throughout New York City as a way to save money.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg included the idea in his January budget proposal.
Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano told the City Council on Wednesday that it would save $6 million in the first fiscal year.
He says the move was [...]
A former state investment officer has admitted helping channel hundreds of millions of dollars in public pension fund money to politically connected investment firms in a “pay-to-play” scheme.
David Loglisci pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court Wednesday to a securities fraud charge.
Loglisci had authority to recommend how to invest the pension money. Loglisci said he let [...]
The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job – the fourth victim of the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson.
State Police First Deputy Superintendent and interim boss Pedro Perez abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after former chief Harry Corbitt quit March 3 to flee the firestorm.
“My retirement is not [...]
On his first trip to the state’s scandal-scarred Capitol, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan had a message that government isn’t the savior for society’s ills.
Dolan says the scandals show people must look for answers spiritually, not through government.
It’s the first visit to Albany by a New York archbishop in 12 months, almost to the day [...]
Union school bus drivers have given their leaders the authority to call a strike against companies that provide bus transportation for the New York City Department of Education.
The drivers, escorts and mechanics of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 authorized the strike threat in a vote Tuesday.
Contract talks between the union and school bus contractors have [...]
One day after two high-profile investors pulled out of the project, there’s word the deal to bring thousands of video slots to Aqueduct racetrack could be scratched as early as today.
According to the Daily News, Aqueduct Entertainment Group – the group chosen to run the racino – has failed to clear all the state’s hurdles.
The [...]
