New York Officials Say Higher Minimum Wage Proposal Is Dead
The Assembly's Democratic majority plans to pass its version of the bill Tuesday, but Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos said the measure won't reach the Senate floor.
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The Assembly's Democratic majority plans to pass its version of the bill Tuesday, but Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos said the measure won't reach the Senate floor.
Obama delivered a commencement speech at Barnard College. Evan Wolfson, president and founder of Freedom To Marry, was also being honored at the commencement ceremony.
The handling of sexual abuse cases in the Ultra-Orothodox Hasidic Jewish community has drawn increased criticism.
The Secure Communities program will give immigration officials access to fingerprints of undocumented immigrants in local jails.
Rep. Peter King said that a meeting with the woman, identified by her lawyer as Dania Londono Suarez, is "simply not necessary."
Mayor Bloomberg has been a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage, he recently promoted his view on the issue during a commencement speech at UNC Chapel Hill.
Motorists are seeing sharply lower prices at the pumps in New Jersey.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew is giving New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg an F for his education policies.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said that the Mayor and others have unfairly criticized his handling of allegations of sexual abuse in the Ultra Orthodox community.
Another week has come and gone and there is still no verdict in the embezzlement trial of former New York senator Pedro Espada. And as CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has observed, the trial is getting weirder by the moment.
Rockland County, already in a struggle with its finances, has just been hit again, WCBS 880 Sean Adams reported.
Americans are reacting with joy, scorn and indifference after President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to endorse equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.
In a potential matchup, the poll shows New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly trailing each of the three leading Democratic candidates by double digits.
The American Beverage Association is rolling out an ad campaign touting "More Choices, Smaller Portions, Fewer Calories." The ads will reportedly appear in the subway system.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula trained in the desert but was planning on blowing up a U.S.-bound jet. However, the plot was undone by a man they thought was one of their own, CBS News has learned.
