Brigid Bergin

A bipartisan coalition of 700 mayors continues to press both presidential candidates on their plan to reduce gun violence – the same day another mass shooting is shaking a community in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisc.

Both presidential campaigns are touting the importance of Tuesday’s July fundraising deadline as the race enters the last 100 days. While Mitt Romney was in Europe, President Barack Obama came to New York City Monday night for a big ticket fundraiser at a boutique hotel in the Flatiron District.  The well-heeled attendees arrived expressing enthusiasm, as well as urgency.

The band of thunderstorms that barreled from Bucks County, Pa., across New Jersey and up into the Hudson Valley packed wind speeds that ranged from 60 to 80 mph, downing power l...

When police arrested suspected gunman James Holmes, they recovered four guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition at the scene of the mass shooting in Colorado that left 12 dead. The amount...

While drought conditions exist in large swaths of the country, here in the tri-state region, climate experts say it’s only “abnormally dry.” That may be good news for beach bums, but the heat may “burn” the quantity and the quality of local crops.

Sunbathers sprawling out poolside and swimmers finding relief from the unrelenting city swelter at McCarren Park Pool on a recent afternoon. It wasn't much different at Astoria Pool, ...

The NYC Board of Elections is setting aside its 20th century reporting techniques in favor of something more modern. The board unanimously approved a plan on Tuesday to streamline how it reports results on election night — opting to take advantage of the technology that already exists in the new voting machines. 

The city Board of Elections meets Tuesday to consider whether to change how it reports unofficial election night returns. The board was heavily criticized for failing to report results from all polling precincts on primary night last month in what turned out to be a close race between Congressman Charles Rangel and state Senator Adriano Espaillat.

The Board wants to find a better way to count election night results faster and more accurately – especially ahead of the September primary and November elections when millions of voters will turn out.

New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat conceded victory to Congressman Charles Rangel for the second time on Monday in the democratic primary race for the 13th Congressional District.

Charles Rangel holds a slim 802 vote lead over his closest competitor, state Senator Adriano Espaillat, in the June 26 primary race for the 13th Congressional District. On Thursday, t...

The battle to represent upper Manhattan and the Bronx continues – this time in court.  A hearing to examine the vote counting process in the 13th Congressional District race will be held in New York State Supreme Court Monday afternoon. 

Not so fast, Congressman Charles Rangel.

That triumphant victory speech made just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night may have been premature. As the numbers in the 13th Congressional district continue to trickle in -- Senator Adriano Espaillat seems to have mounted a more formidable challenge to the long-serving incumbent than many first thought.

The City Council approved an on-time, balanced budget of $68.5 billion on Thursday – and flexed its legislative muscle in overriding the mayor’s veto of two laws aimed at low-wage workers and the city’s banking sector.

New York went to the polls Tuesday to select their parties' nominees for the Congressional elections in November. 

New York went to the polls Tuesday to select their party's nominees for Congress. View vote totals here.

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez spent the final Sunday before Tuesday’s primary election embracing the old adage that all politics is local — and although her office does not contro...

Republicans haven’t held a U.S. Senate seat in New York since 1999, when Alfonse D’Amato lost to Charles Schumer. But instead of rallying around one candidate, this year there is a th...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, took on the issue of child sex abuse in their community on Sunday. It comes at a time of increased scrutiny of the handling of such cas...

Lawyers for the Muslim plaintiffs suing the NYPD for its covert surveillance of communities in New Jersey are basing their case on claims that legal experts say may be difficult to prove.