Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for governor, says he cares about Social Security. After all – he collects it. The 71-year-old Nassau County executive is hoping to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul in ...

Twenty-six years ago, measles was declared eliminated in the United States. It was one of the great public health achievements of a generation. Today, measles is back. Across the country, communities ...

It depends on which of 14 panels you caught at Monday’s marathon City Council hearing on AI safety.

One of the most competitive and closely watched congressional races this year is in the Hudson Valley, where moderate Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is facing an up-and-coming Democratic rival, Cait ...

Archie Kyriacou has never voted in his life, and he’s never wanted to – not for president, and certainly not for Congress. This time last year, the 50-year-old who owns the Stony Point Family Diner ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday she plans to work with state lawmakers to pass legislation that would close the so-called “voluntary intoxication loophole” in the state’s rape law. The measure ...

National outrage over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024 has put changing New York’s sexual assault consent laws at the forefront of state leaders' minds. An anonymous former Cornell ...

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's tenure as leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party has drawn to a close, according to a Supreme Court judge. And that could clear the way for Julio Peña III, the leader of ...

If you’ve bought a banana in a bodega, an apple from a greengrocer or fresh salad from your favorite lunch spot, chances are that produce traveled through a 100-acre campus in the South Bronx – the ...

The TikTok dance Ramy Youssef performed as Zohran Mamdani on the season premier of “Saturday Night Live” looked less like a Zohran-ism and more like something a boomer would do to try to appeal to the ...