ALBANY -- Mayor Bloom berg got it right yesterday with his flip observation that Lt. Gov. Richard...
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After years of flagrant over spending, fiscal conjuring, ever-increasing taxes, fees and reliance...
Read OnLast week, President Obama's advisers told reporters that they'd soon recommend that the president...
Read OnThere's a lively debate going on about whether Demo crats would be better off passing or not...
Read On'We allow the insurance indus try to run wild in this coun try," President Obama declared on...
Read OnLT. Gov. Dick Ravitch yester day outlined a five-year financial-recovery plan to plug the state's...
Read OnThe real-world window for Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to have a real chance at...
Read OnFacing steep budget cuts, the city's district attorneys found some very sympathetic ears at a City...
Read OnFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani has written a fundraising letter for GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick...
Read OnBring in the judge! State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon that he will...
Read OnThe heat is on. President Obama’s Organizing for America group is sending emails urging New...
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ALBANY -- Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's scheme to borrow $6 billion over the next three years and have state finances overseen by a "Financial Review Board" was criticized yesterday by the state comptroller, mocked by Mayor Bloomberg and... Read Full Story
A documentary about the rise and fall of Eliot Spitzer will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The festival unveiled part of its lineup Wednesday. The work-in-progress film about the former New York governor is directed by Alex Gibney, whose...
The state's fiscal mess could end up costing the city dearly, a new report says. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli yesterday said the $1.2 billion...
They certainly don't love him -- but they don't want him to leave yet, either. Embattled Gov. Paterson is getting a 21 percent job-approval rating...
It's the "don't pass the salt" bill. Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced legislation to eliminate the use of salt "in any form" in...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday continued his campaign against insurance companies in his feverish push for health reform, accusing them of...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday conditions in quake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable...
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel yesterday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it undermines peace efforts....
PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility yesterday that some of the forces involved in the Afghanistan surge...
BOSTON -- Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the US Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal...
Crooked ex-NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, who is under house arrest until he goes to prison in May, yesterday lost a bid to meet with a Washington...
A solar-powered street-trash compactor that can compact up to 50 pounds of trash is intriguing, even if it's priced at $4,000, Mayor Bloomberg said...
The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 Wednesday to pass a roughly $150 billion bill that extends a series of tax credits targeted at businesses and individuals....
The Republican National Committee may have thought it was dogging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) by satirizing him as cartoon character Scooby Doo, but Reid is getting scrappy with the portrayal in his own fundraising appeal, Fox News...
BELMAR, N.J. — The Jersey Shore mayor whose blog offended Italian-Americans, Staten Island residents and blondes is calling it quits. Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle won't seek re-election in November after 20 years in office. Pringle says he was not...
AEG's bid to run video slots at Aqueduct looked ready to be put down yesterday. Queens minister Floyd Flake and rapper Jay-Z bailed out as key local partners in the Aqueduct Entertainment Group, while Gov. Paterson's office threatened to kill...
Israel humiliated visiting Vice President Joe Biden yesterday with a surprise announcement of Jewish settlement plans that pulled the rug out from under a long-awaited US peace push -- and drew a scathing response from the embarrassed veep....
A top White House official yesterday said it was up to Greece to clean up its own financial mess, as President Obama had a sit-down with the Greek prime minister to discuss the economic calamity overseas, which some are blaming on the United States....
WASHINGTON -- Disgraced former New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa admitted yesterday to aggressively tickling one of his male staffers nearly to tears at a party, but strenuously denied it was a sexual advance. Massa's defense came just hours...