Assemblyman Weprin Speaks Out Against Congestion Pricing; Protesters Disagree
Demanding that the subways be fixed, protesters gathered Sunday as a state assemblyman and city councilman declared their opposition to a congestion pricing plan.
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Demanding that the subways be fixed, protesters gathered Sunday as a state assemblyman and city councilman declared their opposition to a congestion pricing plan.
Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap extension in a late-night vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century.
For starters, the shutdown had an instant impact on two of the world's top tourist destinations: the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
A Republican-backed short-term spending bill to fund the government failed to pass the Senate on Friday night.
Sen. Bob Menendez might spend 2018 asking voters to re-elect him and jurors to acquit him.
Driving under the influence of alcohol is obviously illegal, but countless people get away with driving high in the state of New York because of a loophole.
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling for a ban on the use of commercial bail bonds.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing whatever is necessary to protect New Yorkers from increased federal taxes.
Election Day is 10 months away, but local Democrats are already lining up to try to take back Congress. On Long Island, two Republican seats are considered at-risk, with a large field of challengers.
New Jersey's wealthy new governor says he'll be accepting the job's $175,000-a-year salary.
Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat, said Tuesday in Albany that he had been told by his lawyers that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics is investigating Erica Vladimer's accusations.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is vowing to fight back against Washington Republicans with a state budget proposal that lays out spending on schools and mass transit while also confronting greater uncertainty in federal funding.
Murphy's wife and four children joined him as he took the oath Tuesday on the same Bible that John F. Kennedy used when he was sworn in as president.
The debate on immigration took center stage on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
A few days ago, a ceiling collapsed on top of a couple while they were bed in a Brooklyn public housing apartment.
