Colby Hamilton

This year’s redistricting process, combined with an uncertain political climate, means it’s uncertain which way crucial races will go. But the big questions is, if the Democrats can’t...

Queens is being looked at for the home of a new Major League Soccer team, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg will travel to Boston and Chicago this week to push immigration reform in the cities where the presidential campaigns are based.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly unveiled a new integrated crime counter-terrorism and crime fighting tool on Wednesday that will allow police to aggregate and track crime data in real time throughout the city.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday downplayed the limited scope of his role at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next month.

New York is making it more difficult to buy synthetic drugs like bath salts thanks to new regulations put forward by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and the state Department of Health.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg denied any suggestion that the recent drop in the number of stop-and-frisks conducted by police signaled an overall change in policy.

Goldman Sachs will invest almost $10 million in a new program aimed at reducing the recidivism rates of teenagers entering Rikers Island. It makes New York the first city in the nation to test "social impact bonds," which allow private investment in social service programs, which are typically funded by the government. 

New York City wants to move beyond bumper sticker slogans to help returning vets find employment.

Columbia University is the latest school partnering with the Bloomberg administration to expand its science and engineering footprint in the city.

Two weeks before his campaign treasurer was arrested for fraud, city comptroller John Liu’s campaign hired a consulting firm that specializes in finding electronic data, according to campaign finance filings released earlier this month

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's remarks Monday that police officers across the nation should strike until tougher gun laws are in place were the latest in a string of comments aimed at push...

On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters run down some of the top political stories from the week that was, providing insight and analysis on local, state and national political issues that touch the region.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday signed an agreement to have the city and federal park agencies work “seamlessly” together in efforts to improve and expand the usage of 10,000 acres of parkland in Jamaica Bay.

A New York City Board of Election committee on Friday passed new guidelines for how the city will report election night results. The procedural changes come in the wake of criticism leveled against the board for its handling of the Democratic primary results in the Manhattan-based 13th Congressional District last month.

Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Rahm Emanuel – both battling fierce crime spikes in their respective cities – have defended their police departments’ practices amid a rash of headline-grabbing violence.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he hoped the post-July 4th spike in crime that left nine dead across the city in a matter of days is “just an aberration in the statistics."

Mayor Michael Bloomberg responded to the push back his office is receiving over a proposed ban on large sugary drinks, saying those opposed to the curtailing of sugary beverage consumption “don’t want…people to live” longer, healthier lives.

Earlier this week, Taiwanese-American attorney Grace Meng won the Democratic primary for New York's newly redrawn 6th Congressional District. If she wins the general election in Novem...

On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters run down some of the top political stories from the week that was, providing insight and analysis on local, state and national political issues that touch New Yorkers.