Saying that the only deal the fractured New York State senators are working on “is the weekend,” Governor David Paterson announced today that he has stopped paying lawmakers’ member items and is going to court to force them to get back to work.
At a news conference this afternoon, Paterson said the issues affecting the state [...]
The New York State Assembly passed, by a vote of 89 to 52, a bill to make New York the sixth state to legalize gay marriage, but the measure remains stalled in the State Senate.
The Assembly for the second time has taken up the bill to legalize same sex marriages. The first was in 2007. [...]
New Yorkers stressed out over their finances can now get free one-on-one counseling — on the city.
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced the opening of three more “financial empowerment centers,” in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. The first began operating in The Bronx last summer.
Each is privately funded and offers advice on negotiating with creditors, budgeting, and screening [...]
After being stripped of his leadership positions, Brooklyn Senator Kevin Parker was released Saturday after pleading not guilty to felony criminal mischief in the alleged attack of a news photographer.
Police said New York Post photographer William Lopez snapped a picture of Parker on Avenue H in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and was then confronted by the senator.
Lopez [...]
Albany lawmakers in both houses are expected to vote today on a finalized MTA bailout agreement, which includes a lowered fare hike for riders and eliminates the threat of service cuts altogether.
The highly-anticipated deal between Governor David Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was announced Tuesday night during a press [...]
One person from Albany County and two from Schenectady County are suspected victims of swine flu as the new influenza strain moves across the state.
Officials from both counties said Wednesday they sent specimens to the state’s Wadsworth laboratory for testing. The sick Albany County resident had traveled to an area with confirmed cases; Schenectady County’s [...]
Council Speaker Christine Quinn told voters Thursday night she couldn’t promise to endorse the Democratic nominee for mayor, leaving open the possibility the city’s most powerful Democratic official could endorse Mayor Bloomberg.
“After the democratic process, when we know who the two individuals are who are running, whatever lines they’re running on, I’m going to pick [...]
Many employers held off on shedding more employees in March, according to new labor figures released Thursday.
The city’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 8.1% in March, according to the state Department of Labor.
That static figure follows a dramatic worsening in February, when unemployment jumped to 8.1% from 6.9% in January. It was the [...]
Governor David Paterson announced this morning the Marriage Equality Program Bill, a piece of legislation that would legalize gay marriage in New York State.
Paterson reintroduced the legislation that died in 2007, after it was passed by the State Assembly, surrounded by city leaders, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Christine Quinn, the openly gay City Council [...]
Former State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was indicted on federal corruption charges today.
Reports say prosecutors say the 79-year-old former New York Republican leader used his office to defraud the people of New York” between 1993 to at least 2006.
In those 13 years, he allegedly received $2 million coming from two financial services and $1.2 [...]
