At a town hall in Pella, Iowa, on Friday, 2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy declared “our diversity is not our strength,” compared a Black congresswoman to the Grand Wizard of ...

Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is officially the Democratic nominee in the November general election for mayor after winning in the final round of ranked-choice voting, the city’s Board of ...

Congestion pricing turned six months old Saturday, and Gov. Kathy Hochul is boasting that the tolling program is reducing traffic in the city, among other benefits. The number of vehicles is down ...

A new city law for short-term rentals in the city took effect Tuesday. Local Law 18, also known as the Short-Term Rental Registration Law, requires hosts on Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com and other ...

Joe Biden’s job performance over his first three years in the White House is being viewed more favorably by presidential experts than by Americans overall, a new ranking of the United States ...

The veto comes two weeks after the council rejected a zoning change the casino company needed to move forward in its pursuit of a gaming license.

Gov. Kathy Hochul promised millions — and even billions of dollars — in new spending on health care, education and migrants in her record-breaking, $233 billion state budget proposal Tuesday ...

President Joe Biden on Thursday officially announced that his administration took a "major step" to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, a seismic shift in the country’s drug ...

The legislative session in Albany ended Friday with lawmakers unable to reach an agreement on MTA funding after Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite "pause" on congestion pricing as a funding ...

The chief medical officer for Rikers Island says the city can’t safely manage the jail, asks the Council to request state or federal assistance.

New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de ...

A power outage Thursday at West 4th Street-Washington Square disrupted subway service for the second time this week, the MTA said. The transit agency suspended B train service in both directions ...