Moody's Downgrades Suffolk County's Bond Rating
Moody's Investors Service has reduced the county's bond rating from Aa2 (double-A 2) to A1. The rating is still considered above average.
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Moody's Investors Service has reduced the county's bond rating from Aa2 (double-A 2) to A1. The rating is still considered above average.
Quinn's office confirmed that the speaker will marry Kim Catullo on May 19. No other details of the wedding were made available, though her office said it would be a private ceremony.
The disclosure of the NYPD's expanded surveillance of Muslims prompted criticism for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Some politicians and law enforcement officials critiqued the program.
The chief Assembly sponsor of legislation to double New York's DNA database with genetic information from all felony and penal misdemeanor offenders says he expects a compromise to pass.
Former constituents will get a chance to walk alongside the military caisson that will carry New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne's body Tuesday.
The old saying 'If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere' really is true according to a new report.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he doesn't regret calling a former Navy SEAL an "idiot" during a heated exchange at a recent public event.
The phenomenon is called a conjunction. The last time Jupiter and Venus were close together in the night sky was 2008.
Dolan said he and other Catholic leaders "feel a responsibility to speak up for the baby in the womb." He said Cuomo listened attentively, but gave them "no assurances."
It was a private lunch, and the mayor provided few details."He was very interested in what's going on in New York City, and what we need from the federal government to continue to grow, and then we, you know, a little bit of conversation about golf," said Bloomberg.
"This is definitely going to hurt our situation," King, chairman of the Homeland Security committee, said.
Senator Charles Schumer said a mass transit tax benefit that expired last year was included in the Senate transportation bill overhauling federal highway and transit programs.
Ex-lawmaker Pedro Espada Jr. is preparing for a federal trial on embezzlement charges this week in New York.
A financial report on the group's General Assembly website says at "the current rate of expenditure" the occupiers will be "out of money in THREE WEEKS."
