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
Google, YouTube to pay record fine over privacy protections
Google and YouTube on Wednesday agreed to pay a record $170 million in a national settlement for violating the children’s online protection.
Man charged with murder of Bianca Devins posted photos of her body on social media, authorities say
Brandon Clark, 21, was charged late Monday with second-degree murder in the death of Bianca Devins,17.
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
Cat declawing results in the permanent, surgical removal of most of the last boneandtendons, nerves and ligaments on the front feet of a cat.
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.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enters crowded presidential field
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio entered the crowded Democratic presidential field, announcing his candidacy Thursday .
New York considers becoming a sanctuary state for undocumented immigrants
A bill would let immigrants in the country illegally avoid prosecution by federal authorities in most cases, making New York a sanctuary state.
NXIVM: Clare Bronfman, heiress to Seagram’s, pleads guilty in sex cult case
Clare Bronfman, a high-ranking member of the NXIVM cult and heiress to Seagram’s, is set to take a plea deal Friday.
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.