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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he will pull out of the city's Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent, arguing that his recently dismissed federal bribery case had made it impossible to mount a campaign.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he will pull out of the city's Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent candidate, arguing that his federal bribery charges had made it impossible to mount a primary campaign.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A high-stakes contest to decide who gets to build a casino in New York City could potentially result in a $115 million jackpot for President Donald Trump.
A lawyer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked the judge handling his federal corruption case to hurry up and decide if he's going to toss the charges, arguing that the embattled mayor needs to turn his attention to running for reelection.
Announcing his bid to run for mayor of New York City over the weekend, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that he would "save our city."
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that he is running for mayor of New York City, relaunching his political career following a yearslong exile over a barrage of sexual harassment accusations.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Some of America's governors -- mostly Democrats -- have a message for the wave of fired federal workers: We want you.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her handpicked lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, has boiled over after months of discord between the two Democrats culminated in what looked like a big breakup.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared Tuesday that he is "no longer facing legal questions" after the Justice Department moved to shield him from the bribery charges that have been hanging over his reelection campaign.
A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A proposal introduced in the New York Legislature on Thursday could make it a crime for people to wear face masks to harass or threaten someone.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Every student in New York could get free breakfast and lunch at school under a proposal announced Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Every student in New York could get free breakfast and lunch at school under a proposal announced Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday filed a legal notice that he intends to sue a woman who accused him of sexual harassment.
Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has filed to run for a seat on the New York City Council, launching a potential political comeback after his once-promising career was destroyed by sexting scandals and later a criminal conviction for having illicit online contact with a child.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democrat Laura Gillen has defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito in a congressional race on Long Island, flipping a third House seat in New York for Democrats to partially reverse a red wave that washed over suburban and rural parts of the state during the last election.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democrats in New York unseated two first-term Republican incumbents in the U.S. House on Tuesday, one in the Hudson Valley and the other in Syracuse, rolling back GOP gains in districts across the state.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democrat John Mannion has defeated an incumbent Republican in a central New York congressional district that includes the city of Syracuse, delivering his party a long-coveted prize in an area of the state where it struggled over the past decade.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York voters have approved an amendment to the state's constitution barring discrimination based on things including "gender identity" and "pregnancy outcomes," changes supporters say will further protect transgender and abortion rights.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New Yorkers could play an outsized role Tuesday in determining control of the U.S. House as Republicans cling to suburban seats they won two years ago by seizing on fears of crime, and Democrats try to claw them back by warning that a right-wing Congress might ban abortion.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- An amendment to New York's constitution that would bar discrimination based on things including "gender identity" and "pregnancy outcomes" is up for a final vote Tuesday amid debate over how much it might affect future abortion and transgender rights.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- In the two years since U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams won election by just one percentage point in central New York, the state's Democratic leaders have done what they could to make him the most endangered Republican in Congress.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York's ballot because they believed it could energize liberals eager to protect abortion rights. Republicans are now hoping the same amendment will ignite a fire under people upset about transgender athletes participating in girls' and women's sports.
NELSONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Voters in a ring of congressional districts encircling New York City where Republican candidates often do well but Donald Trump struggled in 2020 could decide which party controls the U.S. House for the next two years.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson.
For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams -- a former cop -- refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A proposed amendment to New York's constitution meant to protect abortion access is a crucial part of Democrats' plans to drive voter turnout in the state this fall. But there could be a problem: The ballot question doesn't mention the word "abortion."
It's a 2024 election battleground where millions of dollars are being spent and big names in American politics are popping up. But it's not in the Rust Belt. And it isn't Georgia or Nevada, either.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a Republican challenge of a law that allows any registered voter to cast a mail-in ballot during the early voting period.
A proposed amendment to New York's constitution to bar discrimination over "gender identity" and "pregnancy outcomes" will appear on the ballot this November, the state's high court ruled Thursday.
George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York, on Tuesday in a Democratic primary that highlighted the party's deep divisions over the war in Gaza.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, one of the most liberal members of Congress, will try to fight off a strong Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from moderate county executive George Latimer in a New York race that has put a spotlight on the party's divides over the Israel-Hamas war.
A former CNN anchor and a retired chemistry professor are facing off in a Democratic primary to pick a challenger to U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota in an eastern Long Island congressional district that has been in Republican hands for a decade.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- The war between Israel and Hamas is roiling a congressional primary election between two Democrats in New York, reflecting a divide that has splintered the party nationally since the conflict began last year.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers -- but offered little detail on how she would replace the program's financial and environmental benefits.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul enraged environmentalists and public transit advocates -- but delighted suburban commuters -- by putting the brakes on a plan to battle New York City's traffic by imposing high tolls on Manhattan drivers.