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A 29-year-old New York state trooper responding to a call about a suicidal and possibly armed man barricaded in his home near the Pennsylvania border early Monday was fatally shot along with the suspect, a 43-year-old school principal, officials said.

After a violent attack left a man unconscious in the middle of a Bronx crosswalk, people started stealing from the victim's pockets, police said.

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration has announced the launching of a new website that provides access to the public records of dozens of New York state agencies and public authorities.Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that Open FOIL NY is a centrali

The Democratic party faced an enormous shakeup Tuesday when an unlikely socialist candidate beat a powerful 10-term incumbent for one of New York's seats in...

New York state Assembly again endorses single-payer universal health care system, but the act remains largely symbolic.

The New York City mayor's affirmative action plan discriminates against Asian-Americans in order to unfairly privilege blacks and Hispanics.

Critics of the ultra-Orthodox groups say development in many towns has followed a familiar pattern: The group moves into a community, then begins to overwhelm local government and social services with explosive population growth.

Monday's ribbon-cutting marks a major step in the rebuilding of the site.

Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday it's "absolutely" a mistake for DNC chairman Tom Perez to endorse New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Watch: "To endorse one candidate over the other is not what the chair of the DNC should be doing,"

On Thursday, after news broke that President Trump had pardoned Dinesh D'Souza for his campaign finance violations, the New York Attorney General's office immediately tweeted out that they'd like to pass a state law to unjustifiably jail those

Former "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon lost her bid Wednesday to secure the New York Democratic Party's nomination for governor. Gov. Andrew Cuomo received 95 percent of the votes cast by delegates attending the state ....

BROOKLYN — This past flu season was record-breaking for New Yorkers with more than 125,000 confirmed cases of the virus. Now, it appears it's gone to the dogs. So far, there have been more than a dozen confirmed cases of dog flu in Brooklyn and

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Last week NJ Transit surprised Rockland County commuters with yet another unfair and unwarranted elimination of services. NJT announced that two of Rockland's express trains on the Pascack Valley Line would be cut t

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his state's financial services agency on Friday, accusing them of engaging in a blacklisting scheme against the gun rights group.

Four women have come forward to accuse New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of physical abuse and controlling behavior during romantic relationships or encounters, The New Yorker reported in a bombshell expos co-written by Ronan Farrow and publishe

A traveler, who has a confirmed case of measles, visited multiple sites in Chemung, Livingston, Genesee and Niagara counties recently.

Once upon a time in New York City, Sherman Jackson lived at the glittering heights of public life in a privileged place of bold-faced names and media stars. For a time, he appeared on TV sets citywide as a newsman at NBC. Later he appeared on-air as a press secretary for some of the biggest

"Supporting Trump is not a religion".

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a cease-and-desist letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, and threatened to sue the federal agency if it...

Mack was last seen chasing after the Nxivm cults leader Keith Raniere as cops hauled him away from the villa in Mexico where they had been hiding out.