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The business relationship between President Donald Trump's private lawyer Rudolph Giuliani and the men charged Thursday in a campaign finance scheme is a subject of the ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by federal authorities in New York.
A federal judge in New York issued a nationwide injunction blocking the start of a new federal policy dubbed the “public charge” rule, that would deny legal residency to immigrants who are likely to depend on public welfare.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is ordering a “30-day review” of the city’s mental-health intervention programs and Kendra’s Law – which gives judges the power to force mentally ill people to undergo psychiatric treatment.
Staffers for the House members from the three districts that surround the one former Rep. Chris Collins represented until his resignation said this week that they are happy to help Collins' former constituent.
De Blasio faced off with Chazz Palminteri – the star of "A Bronx Tale" – in a fiery radio segment replete with accusations of racism, charges resembling President Donald Trump’s “fake news” claims and, ultimately, a detente.
New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres raised a hefty $350,000 since July in the crowded 2020 Democratic primary race for the Bronx congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Jose Serrano – nearly as much as the next two leading candidates combined.
Legislation introduced by Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy this week would require single-use beverage containers manufactured or sold at the wholesale or retail level should be composed of at least 75% recycled materials by the middle of the next decade.
A first-of-its-kind deal to sell the air rights at a Fort Greene New York City Housing Authority development, in exchange for nearly $25 million for maintenance, is nearing completion after months of negotiation.
State lawmakers are gearing up for an early December return to the state capital if the Public Campaign Financing Commission, which they created, moves to do away with cross-party nominations.
The retirement of Rep. Nita Lowey has kicked off a scramble among Democrats for her seat, with Assemblymembers David Buchwald, Amy Paulin and Tom Abinanti and state Sen. David Carlucci already floated as possible contenders.
Advocates for the homeless say the most severely mentally ill people living on New York City streets often refuse outreach and services, and the recent homeless killings illustrate the challenge of connecting this population to resources.
Gov. Cuomo has yet to sign a bill approved months ago that would weaken President Donald Trump’s pardon powers by closing the “double jeopardy” law and allow prosecutors to pursue state charges against people even if they received a presidential pardon.
NYC Health + Hospitals, with 11 hospitals serving New York City’s neediest population, closed the fiscal year on June 30 on budget and with a surplus of $36 million – in the black after years of financial woes.
Rep. Elise Stefanik sat even-keeled as she answered dozens of constituents’ questions at a town hall, many of which targeted her pro-Trump record and questioned her stances on issues such as health care and climate change.
According to a new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, 155,000 employed individuals living with disabilities were found to make 20% less in their average annual salary than those without disabilities.
New York City’s $500,000 online hub for connecting veterans to services has struggled to engage users – drawing just over 500 people in nearly a year, out of 210,000 veterans who live in the five boroughs.
The fight as left-wing New York City radio station WBAI tries to regain control of the airwaves from its parent nonprofit is at a standstill, and the Brooklyn broadcaster’s local programming is off-air until further notice.
With the Trump administration systematically stripping protections for the environment, state and local governments must do what they can to protect our natural resources and the public health.
Times are definitely changing in the state Senate in regards to sexual harassment and miscounduct, but it’s hardly a good sign that it didn’t get around to sexual harassment training before the end of session back in June.
Ranked choice voting might sound compelling at first, but this largely untested method for conducting elections will likely trigger the law of unintended consequences, political strategist and consultant Bruce Gyory writes.
New York City Rubén Díaz Sr. – a cowboy hat–wearing Pentecostal reverend and social conservative – wants to join Congress, and with a Democratic primary coming up next year, he has his shot.
If Rep. Max Rose Rose got a lot of attention in his first ten months or so in office, the last several weeks have turned him into a minor political celebrity in his own right, after he became one of the last Democrats to come out in favor of an impeachment inquiry.
If 2018 was a year of unprecedented Democratic primaries in New York, next year could offer something similar, or even wilder, as sitting Assembly members, state senators and members of Congress are all facing primaries, some of them already well-financed.
New York City is in the midst of a colossal undertaking to shutter Rikers Island, the infamous jail complex located between the Bronx and Queens, with an ambitious proposal that would replace the island with four borough-based jails by 2026.
Marie L. Yovanovitch, who was recalled as the American ambassador to Ukraine in May, testified to Congress that a top State Department official told her that Trump had pushed for her removal even though the department believed she had “done nothing wrong.”
Trump lost a key court decision in his bid to stop House Democrats from subpoenaing one of his accounting firms to obtain his financial records, the latest blow to his authority in legal rulings this week.
House investigators pounded the Trump administration and its allies with new subpoenas, demanding documents from Rick Perry, the energy secretary, and testimony from two more witnesses.
President Trump sought to enlist then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the fall of 2017 to work with Rudolph Giuliani to help stop the prosecution of a Turkish Iranian gold trader represented by the former New York mayor.
Research Director, Empire Center for Public Policy
THIS YEAR'S RANK: 97CHANGE: -4
LAST YEAR'S RANK: 97
As founder and research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, E.J. McMahon is a go-to expert on budget plans and policy proposals. His organization promotes greater transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility in state government, which often puts him at odds with lawmakers and the governor. McMahon previously worked as a journalist in Albany, as an Assembly Republican staffer and a budget adviser for almost 30 years, giving him great insight into the goings-on in the Capitol.
