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Three Democrats in the New York congressional delegation are more than 70 years old, but none has hinted at plans to retire after their current terms end in January 2111.

After five years and more than $5 million in government spending, commuter ferry service between Manhattan and Yonkers is about to come to an end.

WASHINGTON -- New York state government, school districts and local governments would receive additional federal aid early next year under a jobs bill the House approved Wednesday by a 217-212 vote.

CPB will get $25 million for "fiscal stabilization" grants to aid public TV and radio stations this year, a House-Senate conference committee decided last week.

Date : Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:25:30 +0400 U.S. AGREED ON ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH ECONOMIC AID PACKAGE IN 2010 Tert.am 12:30 ~U 10.12.09 The U.S. House and Senate agreed upon a far-reaching Fiscal Year 2010 spending measure that includes a $41 million USD economic aid package for Armenia, $8 million USD for "programs and activities" in ...

NEW YORK -- When Adam Moss put 'The Sex Diaries' on the cover of his magazine -- explicit jottings from such hot- to-trot folks as 'The Polyamorous Paralegal' and 'The Trader Who Will Fly for Sex' -- it hardly seemed like a subject fit to print for the New York Times.

Yet days after the late-October story, Times columnist David Brooks was soon applying erudite analysis to how 'the diarists are often texting multiple possible partners in search of the best arrangement.' And for Moss, that response was why he came to New York Magazine, after running the Times Magazine, five years ago -- to spark conversations on far-flung subjects.

Today President Obama will formally announce his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in a high - "profile, high-stakes prime-time address at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. After nine formal national security meetings and after much deliberation, Mr.

NEW YORK, NY December 01, 2009 - In advance of his speech at West Point tonight, President Obama has presented his new Afghanistan strategy to Congressional leaders including New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who heads the House State and Foreign... Full Article at WNYC New York Public Radio Twitter There are no results for this module.

Some Democrats in New York's congressional delegation are willing to give President Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt on the military escalation in Afghanistan he plans to announce Tuesday night.

Two Western New Yorkers are among the six millionaires representing the state in the House of Representatives , according to a report published Monday by a Washington, D.C., newspaper.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in Congress are still working on the 12 spending bills that will finance federal government agencies next year, but they've already finished work on the measure needed to fund their own offices.

Nov. 23: As the nation grapples with emotional issues like health care reform, abortion and same-sex marriage, the Catholic church is flexing its religious and political muscle by asking U.S. Rep.

WASHINGTON - Rob Astorino, the Republican who will succeed Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano in January, isn't waiting to let members of Congress know that voter dissatisfaction with high taxes helped elect him this month.

It has been reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may attempt initial procedural steps to bring health care legislation to the Senate floor next week.

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald A portrait of Anna Mae Schurko from her time in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II sits on a coffee table in her Hamburg home.

I believe the American people are seeing through the Obama administration's radical agenda.

With the House having approved its version of a healthcare reform bill on Saturday, Democrats in Congress are now closer to passing major reform than they've been in decades.

During the November 7 House floor debate on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, Rep. Nita Lowey said that the amendment "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money." PolitiFact.com corrected has rated this comment as "FALSE," here .

Pro-choice groups push back A A Nov. 10: Pro-choice groups, a critical powerbase for Democrats, are considering political warfare next year on members of Congress who voted for the abortion amendment in the health care reform bill.

WASHINGTON - The biggest overhaul of America 's medical system since Medicare neared a major advance Saturday night, as the House appeared set to pass its health reform bill with a controversial amendment to restrict coverage of abortion.