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As State Senate Democrats cling to the last vanishing wisps of hope they might gain majority and control the agenda this year, one of their number is preparing to abandon the body and pursue a soon-to-be-vacant seat in the City Council. Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins revealed to the Observer he intends to run to replace Councilwoman Inez Dickens, who won election to the Assembly earlier this month-a move that could leave Democrats a vital vote short on core issues facing the State Legislature.
'Kill the police!' Clinton and Trump supporters clash with cops in Indianapolis who blame 'out of town instigators', while 19 are arrested in Portland on another night of widespread protests Yoga expert, 37, accused of killing her identical twin sister by driving them off a 200-foot cliff in Hawaii is arrested on murder charge AGAIN in New York after new evidence emerges California BANS plastic bags: State approves scrap of single-use carriers - so residents now have to bring their own or pay 10 cents 'I'm not giving up and neither should you': Kate McKinnon chokes up as she foregoes comedy and performs rendition of late Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at beginning of SNL Hillary blames Comey: Clinton tells donors she was 'leading by large margins' before white women sitting on the fence were swayed by FBI director's decision to reopen email probe Megyn Kelly claims Trump repeatedly offered ... (more)
Democrats had hoped to make inroads into the State Senate- but preliminary results show the Republicans gaining one seat to hold a razor thin 32-seat majority. Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.
In the latest developments in New York state government, legislative candidates make their final pitches to the voters before election day, the state ends its legal fight with two daily fantasy sports companies and Uber delivers free flu shots in another effort to court upstate. State lawmakers and their challengers will spend the next week making their final campaign pushes ahead of the Nov. 8 election, and control of the state Senate hangs in the balance.
A little-known clock has been ticking down for New Yorkers. Critically important draft rules, adopting the first-ever set of official sea level projections for our state, are on the brink of expiring.
Mayor Bill de Blasio called upon the Port Authority-the sprawling, controversial entity run jointly by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -to increase the minimum wage for Newark Liberty Airport workers to $15 an hour immediately. Speaking at the authority's meeting of commissioners and board committee today, de Blasio pointed out that workers at P.A.-controlled LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy in New York airports are already scheduled to earn a $15 per hour minimum wage in 2018 thanks to a New York State law Cuomo spearheaded last year .
Federal investigators are sifting through the wreckage of a train crash in New Jersey to determine what happened before it barreled through a station and crashed into a barrier, causing a young mother to be killed by falling debris and injuring more than 100 others. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will be looking to determine how fast the commuter train was going when it crashed at the busy Hoboken station Thursday morning.
REVEALED: Brad Pitt's mid-air argument with son Maddox led to Angelina Jolie filing for divorce five days later as FBI probes clash I don't need to take brain function tests, says Clinton - despite video showing her eyes moving out-of-sync America's toughest prosecutor demands Anthony Weiner's cellphone records after DailyMail.com reveals his sexting relationship with girl, 15 Yahoo was told of massive hack at least two months ago: Cyber criminal has been attempting to sell details of 500 million users on the dark web Mia Farrow's adopted son Thaddeus KILLED HIMSELF: The paraplegic 27-year-old shot himself while sat in his car Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is smacked in the face with a pie by man, 32, after his charity dinner speech Disney pulls children's costume for new Polynesian princess film Moana from its stores and apologizes for the 'brownface' outfit Ex-aide and close family ... (more)
A team of five FBI agents have searched an Uber driver's vehicle that had been damaged in the Manhattan blast, ripping off the door panels inside as they examined it for evidence. The driver, MD Alam, had just picked up three passengers and was driving along 23rd Street when the explosion occurred, shattering the car's windows and leaving gaping holes in the rear passenger-side door.
18, 2016, after an incident that injured passers-by Saturday night. . New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio walk towards the scene of an explosion on West 23rd street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, in New York, Sunday, Sept.
The push by labor unions and activists to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour may hurt young and less-educated workers the most. In 2013, the Obama administration proposed an increase to the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 an hour.
American Jews are likely to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, but American Jewry's fastest-growing community is likely to go the other way. A solid majority of ultra-Orthodox Jews will vote for Donald Trump, say experts and Republican operatives in the Haredi enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn.
JULY 30: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand embraces End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, a survivor of sexual assult at the University of North Carolina, during a news conference about new legislation aimed at curbing sexual assults on college and university campuses at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. With strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill would require schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys about campus assaults and impose significant financial burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the law's requirements.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday the receipt of $2.1 million in federal funding that is earmarked to increase developmental skills among children and decrease maternal depression in the Western New York and Long Island regions. The state's Council on Children and Families will partner with the New York State Department of Health and local agencies on the projects to ultimately develop a statewide model for screening children earlier for developmental delays, screening their mothers for depression, and to provide needed services sooner to promote long-term success.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites. . less New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed ... more New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites.
Prominent state Democrats are accusing Gov. Cuomo of directly contradicting Hillary Clinton's message of party unity by bringing his escalating war with Mayor de Blasio to the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. One senior Democrat told The Post that Cuomo's repeated snubbing of de Blasio at the convention had also "backfired on the governor'' and left many New York delegates convinced the governor "was petty and divisive at a time when we were all preaching party unity.'
Former Orange County Democratic Chairman Jonathan Jacobson gushed about the Democratic National Convention on Friday as he returned from it, calling it the most successful of the 11 presidential conventions he's attended in spite of the sharp party split that carried from the primary season into the four-day gala in Philadelphia. Jacobson, who was a delegate for Hillary Clinton, praised the acceptance speech she had given the previous night, saying Clinton had laid out a positive message while establishing a “clear contrast” with Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Drew Angerer New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
State Sen. Ruben Diaz will not remember the summer of 2016 fondly: The lawmaker has spent the past month recovering from a punishing round of surgeries to alleviate spinal problems. The latest installment of Diaz's "What You Should Know" email bulletins offers thanks to those who reached out with calls or visits during his time of distress - a bipartisan list that includes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Taiwanese ambassador, former Sen. Tom Duane and former John Sampson, who will be sentenced to prison later this month.
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness was marked in New York State in June following the state Senate's recent passing of a special resolution. "This is a victory for the 390,000 people with Alzheimer's disease in New York and their 1.1 million caregivers," said Jennifer Scheuermann, interim executive director of the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter.