State Sen. Stephen Chan was sworn in to represent southern Brooklyn's 17th Senate District, becoming the first Asian-American ...

The best budget decisions, it would seem, are those that receive broad support. In its wake, basic services such as police protection, K-12 education, higher education and even nursing home care in ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including fundraising and a special ...

Donald Trump has replaced the acting U.S. attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn with temps as his nominees for the prestigious posts await Senate confirmation — after a cadre of House Republicans last ...

A new map from the Campaign Finance Board and creators of Redistricting & You aims to illustrate how campaign fundraising ...

If Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney, agrees to drop the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams, the decision could ...

Hochul has also gotten $55,500 from Jonathan Kraft, president of the family holding company that owns the New England ...

Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is concerned about the governor’s school funding plan. She also asked Albany for more ...

The City Council's Republican conference will vote Tuesday on a new minority leader, with Staten Island's David Carr and ...

Two separate applications for charter schools were recently approved by the state's Board of Education on Jan. 15 and each will now go before the General Assembly in search of funding. One of the ...