Despite Commanding Lead In Polls, De Blasio Anticipates Runoff
The latest Quinnipiac University poll of likely Democratic voters shows de Blasio at 43 percent.
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The latest Quinnipiac University poll of likely Democratic voters shows de Blasio at 43 percent.
Longtime Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes is in a bitter primary battle against a young upstart. It's a race that will either strip Hynes of his job or give him a seventh term.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has earned a special honor from the New York-based Elton John AIDS Foundation, in honor of her work to support gay rights.
A federal judge on Wednesday appointed the head of a nonprofit center for justice policy research to organize public meetings to ensure the city's stop-and-frisk policy is carried out constitutionally.
A new poll deemed the New York City comptroller showed Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer edging ahead of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
LIRR riders can receive a pre-tax benefit of $245 each month through most employers, but that benefit is set to expire at the end of the year.
A Libertarian candidate for a New Jersey State Senate seat was arrested for the second time in four months this week, for smoking marijuana at a protest.
In a campaign stop on Staten Island Wednesday morning, Democrat Bill Thompson spelled out his education policy – with a focus on moving away from testing.
Bill de Blasio's party rivals zeroed in on attacking the Democratic front-runner in the mayoral race during their final debate Tuesday night.
John Kassimatis' Facebook page is reportedly full of nasty comments about Muslims.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie criticized his Democratic opponent Tuesday for what he said was a mocking reference to his weight.
Bill de Blasio's poll numbers are close to the magic 40% that would allow him to clinch the nomination outright. If no candidate crosses that threshold though, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on October 1st.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has earmarked $500 million to lift 4,500 homes five to 10 feet to weather future storms.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suing to try to block a law that would make it easier to sue the NYPD over stop and frisks or other actions people claimed were discriminatory.
In the wake of a report indicating that accidents had actually increased at two New Jersey intersections with red light cameras, the mayor of South Plainfield has said it is time for the cameras to go.
