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A winter storm is expected to hit the area late Friday night — dumping as much a six inches of snow in the metropolitan area by Saturday night.

Joblessness rose in New York City, was flat in New York State, and went down in New Jersey last month.

A rare copy of the 13th Amendment signed by President Abraham Lincoln will go on display at the New-York Historical Society on February 1.

Congressman Maurice Hinchey officially announced that he will retire when his 10th term concludes at the end of this year.

A healthcare consultant pleaded guilty to bribing former state Senator Carl Kruger.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said it’s time to “double-down” on the state’s economic comeback — and he believes the way to do that is by enacting the ten-percent, across-the-board cut in the state’s income tax he proposed during his State of the State address this week.

Call it a scarlet letter for New York City motorists.

The St. Patrick's Day parade in Hoboken has been canceled because officials could not agree on a date to hold it.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has thrown down a challenge to Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt over the outcome of Sunday's playoff game between the Giants and the Packers.

Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy laid out dozens of proposals Wednesday aimed at improving the state's response to major storms after one knocked out power for 12 days in October.

New Hampshire jokingly brags that its voters don't pick a presidential candidate until they've met them at least three times face to face. Granite State residents got that and more in the run-up to the first presidential primary in the nation. For 60 years the state has held the earliest primary, getting first say in who might be elected in November.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie remembered a friend instead of delivering his State of the State address as a new legislative session begins on a somber note Tuesday.

On the last day of New Jersey's legislative session, several bills were wound their way through the halls in Trenton.

Democratic leaders in the Senate and Assembly say sending the governor a gay marriage bill will be a top priority in the new legislative session.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers say they're in plea negotiations in a rare state-level terror case against a New York City man charged with building a homemade bomb to try to attack soldiers, police and other government targets.

The city's teachers union claims the Department of Education's teacher evaluation system in a full-page letter to parents in the Daily News Monday claiming the system gives "unlimited power" to administrators.

Several pieces of legislation are expected to pass, including a bill that would allow for-profit companies to build and operate new public schools in the state's three largest cit...

The union that represents the New York City Opera chorus says it's not optimistic about contract negotiations this weekend.

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