New York State Pushes Right Ahead With Its Own Gun Control Law
The New York State Assembly passed a major new gun law today that makes them the first legislative body to react to the Newtown massacre.
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Just when you thought New York politics couldn't get any more drenched into dirty money, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was charged on Thursday morning with several counts of corruption and conspiracy.
The New York State Assembly passed a major new gun law today that makes them the first legislative body to react to the Newtown massacre.
John Bryson, who resigned as President Obama's commerce secretary last month after he was involved in two hit-and-runs, won't face charges for the incident, The Associated Press reports.
A New York Times editorial set to print on Tuesday highlights a ridiculous truth: unlike the rest of New York State, New York City still counts its ballots by hand. And not very well.
Following Albany's failure to pass legislation allowing New York City to issue fines using up to 40 new speed cameras, Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning suggested that perhaps he would look into the public shaming of bad drivers instead.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he wants to stop police from arresting people for possessing small amounts of marijuana, a plan that won't sit will with New York City's mayor.
For centuries, some insults have been considered so offensive that a plaintiff didn’t have to prove harm in a defamation lawsuit—"gay" included.
New York's state legislature is notoriously dysfunctional, but its response to a court's finding that viewing child pornography was actually legal in the state shows it can move fast when it wants to.
Logic takes us strange places sometimes, like when a judge found herself writing this little gem: "The purposeful viewing of child pornography on the internet is now legal in New York."
After reports surfaced that the New York State Senate would not honor Whitney Houston, New York State Senate GOP spokesman Mark Hansen told PolitickerNY, "[W]e never sought to block the resolution and it’s something that we’ll take up when we return."
About 20 Occupy-affiliated protesters crashed a New York state legislative budget meeting Monday morning, but it doesn't sound as if they had much of an audience.
Players: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock star and part-time Occupy Wall Streeter; Dean Skelos, Republican State Senator who represents Nassau County and isn't a Wall Street Occupier
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