New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city would be ending three contracts with the Trump Organization after the riot last week.
Author: Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau
New York’s Medicaid bought erectile drugs for sex offenders
New York’s Medicaid program paid more than $60,000 for erectile dysfunction drugs and treatments for 47 sex offenders over a six-year period.
‘Cruel and unnecessary’: New York poised to become first state to ban cat declawing
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Watch out! New York may ban texting while walking across the street
New York may make it illegal to walk across the street and look at your phone at the same time.
HBO to detail ‘devastating abuse’ in explosive documentary on NXIVM sex cult
HBO is planning a documentaryon the NXIVM cult in the Albany-area that was taken down by federal prosecutors last year.
Watch: Immigration advocate stopped by ICE uses legal knowledge to prevent immigrants’ arrest
A video of a Hudson Valley immigration advocate fending off an arrest by an federal immigration agent earlier this month has gone viral.
De Blasio hints Bezos affair may have impacted Amazon’s decision to leave New York City
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hinted Jeff Bezos’ divorce and affair may have influenced Amazon’s decision to drop plans in New York City.
Why Amazon’s huge plans for a second headquarters in New York fell apart
Amazon pulled out of the deal, leaving supporters to point fingers and opponents celebrating their ability to beat back the world’s largest company.
Amazon pulls out of plan to build HQ2 in New York City amid political opposition
Amazon will no longer pursue a second headquarters in New York City that promised up to 40,000 jobs in exchange for $3 billion in tax breaks.
Report: Amazon reconsiders New York headquarters amid local opposition
Amazon is reconsidering its decision on a massive new headquarters in Long Island City amid growing pushback, The Washington Post reported Friday.