Former NY Congressman Mario Biaggi Dies At 97
Biaggi resigned from Congress in 1988 after being convicted of extorting $1.8 million in stock from the Wedtech Corp.
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Biaggi resigned from Congress in 1988 after being convicted of extorting $1.8 million in stock from the Wedtech Corp.
Operators of surgery centers across Connecticut were working Wednesday to persuade state lawmakers to scrap a new tax in the Democratic budget, which they claim will prompt some facilities to close.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno is turning down an invitation to attend a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Rent-regulated tenants and advocates rallied Wednesday outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Manhattan office, accusing him of selling out to wealthy developers.
Sources say the offer to hike the minimum wage was offered as part of a deal to revamp disability pensions for cops and firefighters injured in the line of duty.
Councilman Stephen Levin, D-Brooklyn, is sponsoring a bill he calls a "timeout."
Christie has reportedly hired new campaign staff in New Hampshire, where the Republican governor should play to his strengths, said Seton Hall Associate Political Science Professor Matthew Hale.
According to a poll from the Suffolk University Political Research Center, 11 percent of GOP voters in New Hampshire support Trump, who finished second by just three points to the frontrunner, ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
The state's rent regulations had expired June 16 but were temporarily extended as lawmakers continued to negotiate.
New York City is set to hire nearly 1,300 new police officers as part of its yearly budget agreement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said late Monday.
Federal prosecutors, attorneys representing injured inmates and city lawyers have reached a deal to curb violence at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Twitter Monday that the Lunar New Year will be added to the city's school holiday calendar.
Schneiderman said mortgage scammers have conned homeowners out of $100 million nationally.
Assemblyman John Wisniewski said he will have many questions about the agency when Port Authority Chairman John Degnan goes before the Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee.
Many gathered at the St. Matthew AME Church in Orange -- and gave life to the victims by reading their bios aloud.
