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Booker plans to wait until after the November gubernatorial election to formally announce whether he will run for senate. He filed paperwork in January that allows him to raise money for a campaign.
The following is the full text of the speech President Barack Obama gave Monday afternoon, following the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Key measures of New York's tough new gun law have kicked in, meaning owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons are required to register the guns. There are also new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines.
It's perfectly legal, but to some, big pension payouts to public employees are outrageous and unaffordable, and they're only growing.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics expanded the perks for the state's "first family'' in a legal opinion first reported Friday by The Associated Press. The commission says Sandra Lee can stay in the governor's mansion and fly for free with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on state aircraft during official trips as well as receive police protection.
Early indications, however, are that Democrats are unlikely to move off the argument that the state is not taking in sufficient revenues to support a phased-in 10 percent cut.
City Comptroller John Liu has not been charged and is not expected to testify in the conspiracy case. But the trial could complicate his bid for higher office in what's turning into a hotly contested mayoral race.
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner is continuing his effort to rehabilitate his public image - and possibly burnish his credentials for a potential return to politics.
The U.S. Senate will take up debate on the compromise gun control measure on Tuesday.
The proposal is different than those made by the New Jersey Assembly, but now, the state Senate has released its gun control legislation.
President Barack Obama was not heard this week for his weekly radio address; he instead turned it over to the mother of one of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims, who advocated for a tighter gun restrictions.
North Korea issued its own warning, saying Japan will be its first target if war breaks out.
Today we're focusing on background checks for gun buyers. Are they really in a government registry? If not, would a government registry be created? If not, why not?
Sen. Charles Schumer said Friday that the so-called "Gang of Eight" Senators working on immigration reform have reached a deal and their bill could be presented very soon.
A U.S. senator from Connecticut has sent a letter to media mogul Rupert Murdoch asking that Fox network not broadcast Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race sponsored by the National Rifle Association.
