With Mayor Bill de Blasio’s team under investigation for alleged campaign finance violations, one of the upstate Republicans the mayor targeted is now gleefully piling on, and pushing for much harsher penalties going forward in cases like de Blasio’s.

A judge says New York’s former Senate majority leader can remain free on bail while appealing extortion and bribery convictions. Manhattan Judge Kimba Wood ruled Thursday. She said Dean Skelos,…Read more »

A Republican candidate for state Senate was arrested Friday for an alleged Craigslist rent scam, according to reports.

ALBANY — One Brooklyn politician may hold the key to the balance of power in the state Senate.
Sen. Simcha Felder, who ran on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines, was first elected as

New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman fears Trump's presidential victory is to blame for twin swastikas found in his Manhattan apartment building

The lawmaker's move means even if Democrats win one of two open races, they'll be a vote shy of being able to control the state Senate.

New York City can't come along and come up with this new creature.

Ex-Brooklyn Sen. John Sampson was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice.