Rise In Unemployment Takes Toll On New Yorkers
The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.
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The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.
The OTB board agreed in an emergency session to wait until Tuesday's special session of the state Senate to make a decision on a shut down.
The compromise might be enough to short-circuit an effort in the Legislature to throw out medical marijuana regulations proposed by Christie's administration.
Long-standing Putnam County politician resigns abruptly.
In an interview in December's issue of GQ Magazine, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that President Barack Obama has broken campaign promises and needs better advisers.
The House voted to censure Charlie Rangel for ethical violations. Censure is the second most serious punishment Congress can hand out -- one step short of expulsion.
With two million Americans losing their unemployment benefits just as the holidays are arriving, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is taking a nuanced position.
L. Harvey Smith has pleaded not guilty to several extortion, bribery and money laundering counts.
The cost to rebuild the Tappan Zee is estimated as high as $16 billion.
The unanimous vote of the OTB board came with a plea for the state Senate to return to Albany and vote for a rescue and reorganization plan.
A partisan dispute in Washington is threatening to unhinge the lives of the unemployed, and just in time for the holidays.
In an extraordinary plea, Rep. Charles Rangel of New York asked supporters Wednesday to call the Capitol switchboard and urge their representatives to oppose a resolution to censure him.
ELEC found Cresitello failed to refund an excessive contribution from his 2005 general election campaign. He was fined $14,225.
Congress is poised to pass legislation giving employees in the most sensitive government jobs a way to report corruption, waste and mismanagement without turning to outside organizations like WikiLeaks.
There is now one month left in the Congressional session, and one more month to pass the 9/11 health bill to provide medical care for sickened Ground Zero responders.
