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Former New York Senator Hiram Monserrate has filed a petition to run in a special election next month to get back his seat. Monserrate was expelled by his colleagues two weeks ago for a misdemeanor assault conviction.

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If someone is behind bars in a jail far away from home, how should they be counted by the state? The controversial prisoner census issue splits largely along an urban and rural divide.

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New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says banks are on track to exceed $55 billion in profits last year.

New York's Court of Appeals has ruled that the state legislature erred by not giving state judges a pay raise for more than a decade.

Layoffs are expected to be announced today at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Several areas of Somerset County were rattled early Sunday when a minor earthquake hit the region.

David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as governor with a combative speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life.

Three New York City police officers have been acquitted of all charges in the case involving an attack on Michael Mineo with a police baton.

New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 86, has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Inspectors say 40 service stations around the city have doctored emissions tests on over 20,000 cars and trucks. The state departments of Environmental Conservation and Motor Vehicles say the stations hooked their inspection equipment up to devices that simulate a car test, then issued inspection certificates for cars that were ...

Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

The unions for nurses and health care workers at St Vincent's hospital have agreed to a 10 percent across-the-board pay cut.

The three police officers acquitted of criminal charges in the 2006 shooting of an unarmed black man will not face federal civil rights charges.

(by Stephen Nessen)

Uptown bound straphangers riding the C or D lines will need to adjust their routine this week. The MTA has announced that C trains will run express after Canal St. and D trains will be ...

The 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show begins this morning at Madison Square Garden. One hundred seventy three breeds will compete for the coveted title of "Best In Show."

It's officially the Year of Tiger, by the Chinese lunar calendar.

State lawmakers can no longer run a private business out of their government offices, now that Gov. David Paterson has signed an ethics bill to close what's known as the "Bruno Gap."

After auditions, all of the contestants wait with their owners for the judges’ decision.

Twelve canine contestants arrived at Madison Square Garden today to audition for the chance of a ...

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has picked up an endorsement from the Bronx Democratic County Committee in her bid for her party's nomination. A Gillibrand spokesperson says the incumbent now has 57 of the state's 62 counties.

Newly released photos of the World Trade Center attack show the towers coming down from a new vantage point--that of police helicopters.