NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani sparked backlash for claiming police 'punish poor Black and Brown people' as former Democratic advisor defends NYPD's public safety role.

New York lawmakers are proposing the MELT Act, which would require law enforcement agents to be clearly identifiable and ...

Some representatives now confess that they’re being pressured by their constituents to take a bullet for the cause.

The state spending deal reached in May by Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative Democrats hiked outlays by 9.3%, three times ...

As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s ...

President Trump labeled it "the One Big Beautiful Bill Act," but it's also the most comprehensive health care reform ...

The agency withstood criticism and a reckoning after a lone assassin grazed Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail. Today, ...

The fast-track budget deal, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Independence Day, lays out over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

After a crushing 2024 election loss, they say the party desperately needs a rebranding — and young leaders should steer it.

Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday.

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral primary demonstrates the emergence of a new generation of Democrats who ...

Suffolk County’s district attorney says he is weighing options after a grieving family asked him to grant a serial killer ...