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New York Governor David Paterson is warning that New York's budget is likely to miss its April 1 deadline.

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to rehabilitate 20,139 units in 21 public housing developments.

The weekend's storm caused major beach erosion at Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park on Long Island.

Regulators have closed another New York City commercial bank, the second this week.

The pay-outs go to workers claiming illness from Ground Zero dust.

The Paterson Administration has formally dropped support on the controversial deal to build a casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.

Recuses himself, citing possible conflicts of interest and need for transparency.

Both protesters and dignitaries make their voices heard at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the controversial Brooklyn development.

More from WNYC's Matthew Schuerman:

The big news today at the Atlantic Yards site? Well, given that the groundbreaking was largely ceremonial, and the last legal obstacle fell two weeks ago, not much. But still some amazing things are happening.
(I write live from the site.)

First, a 17-minute ...

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is raising eyebrows following a racial remark he made about Gov. David Paterson.

A Limbaugh caller incorrectly told the radio host that Paterson would have the power to pick someone to fill the seat vacated by Democratic Congressman Eric Massa, who abruptly resigned following allegations ...

AG Andrew Cuomo says the former investment officer for NY's state pension fund admits to funnelling money in a "pay-to-play" scheme.

In the age of cell phones, those red fire alarm boxes that dot the streets have become mostly antiquated. And Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano says deactivating 15,000 of them wills save the city $6 million. The Fire Department is also considering closing 20 ...

An effort to rein in Albany’s notorious overspending.

Federal prosecutors and state officials are investigating the bidding process.

Eight people with links to organized crime have been charged in a federal case involving bribery and extortion at the World Trade Center site.

A week after his boss left the New York State Police, the acting superintendent says he's retiring too.

The Democratic National Committee wants former Queens state senator, Hiram Monserrate, to stop using Barack Obama's 2008 campaign logo. The DNC has asked Monserrate to cease using campaign material with a circular, striped image with the slogan 'Yes we ...

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New York's budget deficit has grown to 9 billion dollars. But Governor Paterson said yesterday that he was more concerned with the state's immediate cash crunch.

Two men charged for collapse of 200-foot crane that killed two workers in Manhattan in 2008