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The centerpiece election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, raising concerns among state election officials about how it would be implemented and who would pay for it. In recent interviews, secretaries of state from both parties said they were wary of federal lawmak...

The former governor of New York announced a bid for a different office: this time he hopes to be the mayor of New York City.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, his first major address since taking office with his second administration. The speech is not considered a state of the union address, which the last seven presidents have only customarily given after at least a year in office, according to the Congres...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement late Thursday to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.

The athletic future of a champion high school wrestler in New Jersey looked bleak, after it appeared his shot at a historic four-peat could come to an end when he was disqualified from competing in the state tournament. But an appeal may have allowed him a chance to make history.

New York’s governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure “antisemitic theories” would not be taught.

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, has died.

The White House called Caro Quintero “one of the most evil cartel bosses in the world” in a statement before his arraignment, where more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration agents and other federal officials filled a large ceremonial courtroom.

A pair of unsecured window washers had the fright of their lives Friday when the wind seized their scaffold, sending it twisting and turning almost eight stories up — and smashing into the luxury Manhattan high-rise they were cleaning. Authorities say the two workers were on a scaffold outside the 78th floor of 25 Columbus Circle when their r...

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans. The People’s Union USA calls the 24 hours of ...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, his first major address since taking office with his second administration. The speech is not considered a state of the union address, which the last seven presidents have only customarily given after at least a year in office, according to the Congres...

Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113.

Authorities are investigating a tragedy in Westchester County. A missing 3-year-old boy was found dead in the Mamroneck River after a brief search Thursday afternoon, police say. Cops were notified around 2:30 p.m. about a missing boy who had left home. They say the child’s 54-year-old uncle and 85-year-old grandfather called authorities afte...