Poll: Fewer New Jerseyans Think State Is Headed In Right Direction
A new poll Tuesday showed fewer New Jerseyans are optimistic about the direction of their state, but they don't think Gov. Chris Christie is to blame.
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A new poll Tuesday showed fewer New Jerseyans are optimistic about the direction of their state, but they don't think Gov. Chris Christie is to blame.
Democrats on Long Island will decide on their candidate for Nassau County Executive in next week's Sept. 10 primary.
In filing papers against the city's push to continue the stop-and-frisk program during an appeal of a riling against it, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn might have painted herself as a target.
In a series of interviews on the Sunday news shows, Secretary of State John Kerry said the case for intervention in Syria's 2 1/2-year civil war was strengthening each day and that he expected American lawmakers to recognize the need for action when the "credibility of the United States is on the line.''
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was set beginning Tuesday to preside over a debate on the authorization of military force in Syria.
City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn attacked rival Bill de Blasio on Sunday, after a newspaper report claimed he met with a "slumlord" on Staten Island.
She said that on Tuesday, she'll to file a legal declaration with the federal court, hoping to block Bloomberg's effort to put on hold a judge's recommended reforms to stop-and-frisk, including a federal monitor.
The Daily News endorsed Lhota in an editorial published Sunday. The paper cited his high-level government service and praised his work getting transit moving again after Superstorm Sandy.
U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) blasted President Barack Obama's decision to ask Congress for authorization for a strike on Syria.
President Barack Obama on Saturday made the case for consequences against Syria for an alleged chemical attack, and said he will seek authorization from Congress for a military strike.
Republican mayoral candidate and former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota reportedly said this week that he did not think it was "appropriate" to shut down two subway lines for a pair of lost kittens.
The poll by Siena College and The New York Times released Friday shows de Blasio, the public advocate, has 32 percent of likely voters in the Democratic mayoral primary.
The existing freight line that runs from Hunts Point to Bay Ridge would be used for new commuter rail service. One estimate has it carrying 80,000 passengers a day.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Stringer and the scandal-scarred Spitzer at 46 percent each among likely Democratic primary voters.
The mayoral candidate said he supports universal pre-kindergarten and expanded after-school programs.
