Colby Hamilton

A machine malfunction that caused phantom votes led votes to go uncounted in the 2010 elections in the South Bronx, according to a new report.

Former and current state elected officials spent a good amount of time arguing over who should get credit for the nanotech facility visited by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The p...

When Governor Andrew Cuomo takes the stage with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, both men will be looking for a boost, say political observers who see nothing but positives for New York's governor.

As we saw with campaign finance, the Republican-controlled state Senate may be the place where issues close to Democrats' hearts, like the DREAM fund, go to die.

Latino voters in the new 6th Congressional district in Queens are getting robocalled by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez starting today, urging them to vote for Assemblywoman Grace Meng in the June 26 primary.

In a letter signed by female Democratic state senators to the senate's Republican majority leader, Dean Skelos, Senate Democrats accuse their Republican colleagues of waging the "war on women" here in New York.

In a unanimous decision, New York State's highest court on Thursday upheld Senate Republicans’ plans for a 63-seat chamber, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to the redistri...

Assemblyman Rory Lancman fired off a press release on Tuesday slamming his potential opponent in the 6th Congressional District, City Councilman Dan Halloran, over his vote against ...

New York City Comptroller John Liu’s office announced on Tuesday that the city’s pension fund will vote against five Wal-Mart’s directors at the annual shareholder’s meeting next mo...

While the governor has indicated his support and the Democratically controlled Assembly has put forward a bill, conversations with people in Senate Republican circles say there is lit...

Freshman City Councilman Eric Ulrich announced his bid for State Senate on Tuesday. Ulrich will run in the new 15th Senate District, which extends from the western most tip of the R...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval rating among voters remains below 50 percent according to a new NY1-Marrist Poll. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who will likely run to repl...

Labor powerhouse 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East rolled out its endorsement list for Democratic congressional primaries on Monday. The union threw its support behind long-t...

The state Senate Democrats are holding a forum on hydrofracking—and they’d like Senate Republicans to join them. In a letter to the leader of Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean S...

State Senator Adriano Espaillat picks up another endorsement this week, after fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and State Senator Gustavo Rivera lent their support. The Espaillat cam...

Republican candidates hoping to unseat New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are having a hard time matching the junior senator’s fundraising abilities.

Between June 1, 2007 and December 21, 2011, hedge fund employees, founders and their families have given Cuomo more than $2.5 million in campaign donations. No other candidate has rai...

In a major blow to Senate Democrats' efforts to halt the implementation of new Republican-drawn districts, a state supreme court judge ruled the Senate majority's decision to up the...

Congressional candidate Assemblywoman Grace Meng has received the endorsement of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. The union has a large immigrant presence among its enro...

The head of New York State's Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus is urging the Department of Justice to deny the Senate Republican's redistricting proposal on...