New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city would be ending three contracts with the Trump Organization after the riot last week.
Author: Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau
Google, YouTube to pay record fine over privacy protections
Google and YouTube on Wednesday agreed to pay a record $170 million in a national settlement for violating the children’s online protection.
State director fired for ‘sexually inappropriate manner’ toward young reporter in New York
Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York Committee on Open Government, was fired after an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint.
New York’s Medicaid bought erectile drugs for sex offenders
New York’s Medicaid program paid more than $60,000 for erectile dysfunction drugs and treatments for 47 sex offenders over a six-year period.
‘Cruel and unnecessary’: New York poised to become first state to ban cat declawing
Cat declawing results in the permanent, surgical removal of most of the last boneandtendons, nerves and ligaments on the front feet of a cat.
Watch out! New York may ban texting while walking across the street
New York may make it illegal to walk across the street and look at your phone at the same time.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enters crowded presidential field
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio entered the crowded Democratic presidential field, announcing his candidacy Thursday .
New York considers becoming a sanctuary state for undocumented immigrants
A bill would let immigrants in the country illegally avoid prosecution by federal authorities in most cases, making New York a sanctuary state.
NXIVM: Clare Bronfman, heiress to Seagram’s, pleads guilty in sex cult case
Clare Bronfman, a high-ranking member of the NXIVM cult and heiress to Seagram’s, is set to take a plea deal Friday.
HBO to detail ‘devastating abuse’ in explosive documentary on NXIVM sex cult
HBO is planning a documentaryon the NXIVM cult in the Albany-area that was taken down by federal prosecutors last year.