Alec Hamilton

The government agency charged with regulating the gun trade continues to lack a leader, despite the rash of recent shootings in the country. 

The deadline has been extended to apply for FEMA assistance for those in counties declared disaster areas in the aftermath of Sandy.

New Jersey's first medical marijuana dispensary cleared all of its legal hurdles weeks ago and has permission to begin business, according to officials.  

The payphone, which seemed to turn into a bit of a relic in the cell-phone age, is getting a modern day make-over.

The City Council is set to vote on a revised plan for redistricting that could change who will represent some neighborhoods in the city for at least the next decade.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown. Meanwhile, people in Lower Manhattan are bracing for Hurricane Sandy's high winds and possible storm surge.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer talked about politics during his first public appearance in New York's capital since a prostitution scandal forced him from office in 2008.

A data-sharing agreement inked between the state Department of Education and a private nonprofit last week may led to confidential student information being used for commercial purposes, parents activists claim.

A warm winter followed by a late freeze have taken a bite out of the tri-state’s apple orchards – with many in New York predicting they will produce less than half as many bushels as they did last year and farms in New Jersey also seeing a decline.