Ex-NY Senate Leader Dean Skelos, Son Indicted On Corruption Charges
Dean Skelos was New York state's most powerful Republican when he was arrested on conspiracy and extortion charges.
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Dean Skelos was New York state's most powerful Republican when he was arrested on conspiracy and extortion charges.
In a video posted Thursday morning on YouTube, Pataki says America needs to recapture the spirit of unity that spread through the country in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
It criticizes the mayor's aides for keeping protesters about 50 yards from de Blasio -- a so-called "free speech zone" -- during a Friday event in the Rockaways.
She said a second cabbie did agree to go to the Bronx but complained the entire trip.
Developer SL Green Realty Corp. will invest about $220 million in critical improvements to Grand Central, allowing more trains to run during rush hour on the clogged 4-5-6 lines.
New York City first lady Chirlane McCray is returning to Italy, less than a year after she visited with her husband, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and their son and daughter.
Hard Rock International and the Meadowlands Racetrack are proposing a casino just outside New York City.
Scott Stringer said in addition to the $5.3 billion city residents paid in fares and tolls last year, New Yorkers paid $4.8 billion in taxes, subsidies and direct expenditures to the MTA.
Republicans, the minority party in both chambers, have a plan that calls for no new taxes and are frustrated that none of their lawmakers have been invited to budget talks.
The mayor's visit comes at a critical time for lawmakers. The laws governing New York City's rent rules, the tax break and the policy giving the mayor control of local schools are set to expire.
Transit union leaders have launched an ad campaign criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Vision Zero" traffic plan.
The mayor admits the spike needs to be addressed, and said the NYPD will soon be announcing new strategies to fight gang on gang crime.
A group headed by developer Bruce Ratner will renovate the aging arena and build a movie theater, restaurants, stores, recreation and office space on the 91-acre site.
The Democrat, who served in Congress from 1963 to 1981, died Monday of a heart attack at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island, his son, John Murphy Jr., told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Newark students walked out of school Friday and crowded city streets, to protest the public school administration.
