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Bloomberg's final 48 hours in office included the unveiling of his official City Hall portrait and the signing of legislation banning plastic foam food containers and adding e-cigarettes to the indoor smoking ban. He will leave office when the clock strikes midnight and a new year is ushered in.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that if two state lawmakers are guilty of sexual harassment claims against them, they need to resign.
Returning Police Commissioner William Bratton will be sworn into office just after midnight New Year's Day.
On the eve of his swearing-in, New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced five more high-level administration appointments.
A subpoena was issued Tuesday to David Wildstein ordering him to appear before an Assembly panel on Jan. 9, Assemblyman John Wisniewski announced Tuesday.
Consolidated Edison has agreed to freeze its base electricity rates for two years and gas and steam rates for three years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. is stepping down after nearly 16 years in office.
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a bill banning e-cigarette use indoors as one of the last pieces of legislation he approved, an opponent protested Bloomberg's policies by lighting up a real cigarette right inside City Hall.
New York state lawmaker Micah Kellner violated the Assembly's sexual harassment policy by making inappropriate comments to staff members in 2009 and 2011, an ethics committee investigation found.
Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as mayor twice Wednesday.
The New York City Board of Elections has its work cut out for it, as the city Department of Investigations has asked the board to purge the dead and other ineligible voters from its rolls.
FedEx knowingly violated the terms of a settlement when it delivered tons of untaxed cigarettes to New York City residents, the city government alleges in a civil lawsuit filed Monday.
On his penultimate day in office Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announce3d outgoing City Department of Investigation Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn will take over as chair of the city Campaign Finance Board.
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) said Monday that he wants to accelerate the state's scheduled minimum wage increase to $9 by 2015 and tie it to the inflation rate.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is featured in front of the wall-less area he and his staff have worked in since shortly after he took office.
