An obscure zoning regulation passed in 1961 has restricted residential housing development in New York City for the last 64 ...

New York, often called the Empire State, is one of fourth-most populated in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.9 million people live in the state.

New York City Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that she is deploying more police officers to the New York City subway ...

A generation ago, New York Democrats and Republicans essentially agreed that police were good, laws necessary, and criminal ...

In early 2022, Hochul wanted to allow basement and garden apartments in communities zoned for single-family housing and to ...

In “Three Men in a Room,” Mr. Lachman, an educator and former state senator, charted how power was secretly and corruptly ...

Seeking a second term, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may not be facing significant challenges on the campaign trail. But he will be running for reelection in a supercharged political ...

What Lester Chang did [to win his assembly seat in 2022] was good old-fashioned retail politics. He got young men, young women of high school age and college age out there. He went door-to-door.

A former Brownstown resident recently accepted a position with the New York State Capital District Transit Authority, a multi ...