New York Government News

The Niners win 23-1. 1953... New Yorkers Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are put to death in the electric chair for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.

Texas Governor Rick Perry is trying to lure New York businesses to move to Texas, and he is making it personal.

The deadline draws closer by the hour. In New York, the band of good-government reformers, labor unions, enviros, community organizers, religious leaders, and more have until Thursday night , when the current legislative session ends, to press state lawmakers to pass legislation combating political corruption and kickstarting a public financing ... (more)

Long-awaited updated flood zone evacuation maps have been released by the City of New York on June 18. NEW YORK-The long-awaited updated flood zone evacuation maps have been released by the City of New York.

Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and beaches across the five boroughs over the summer.

The photographer Arthur Fellig had a reputation for getting to crime scenes before the cops.

New Yorkers may no longer be able to buy lighters that look like the Statue of Liberty or that cute cow in the photograph to the left.

A judge has declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl.

In the next few days, New York State could be making an important vote for bicycling.

Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United States.

The NYPD's vast religious profiling program has cast an unjustified badge of suspicion and stigma on hundreds of thousands of innocent New Yorkers, based on nothing more than their religious faith and practice.

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gasby is riding a wave of jazz age nostalgia, inspiring modern women to dress like flappers , and thirsty New Yorkers to seek out the closest speakeasy .

Reid Anderson has made his career as an improvisational musician, and a successful one at that.

Now that Mayor Bloomberg has decided we, all 8 million of us New Yorkers, should all go through our garbage to separate out the biodegradable stuff and "compost" it, the time has come to retire a favorite designation for him.

City council candidate Mel Wymore wears a neck-tie cut out with the words "I have gun sense," during a gun law rally on Friday, June 14, 2013 on the steps of New York City Hall.

The string of corruption arrests in New York State is far from over, according to the man who has issued many of the indictments.

Earlier this month, the New York State Assembly passed medical marijuana for the fourth time.

New York maple syrup production increased 59 percent from last year with only Vermont producing more syrup than New York.

Broadway stars Gregg Edelman , Michael McElroy , Natalie Toro and Christianne Tisdale sang showtunes about home and houses in a cabaret last weekend at the Museum of the City of New York.

While millions of New Yorkers commute to and fro underground, there's a massive subway construction project happening simultaneously - the building of the Second Avenue Subway.