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Comic book artist Gene Colan, who chronicled the adventures of heroes like Daredevil, Batman and Howard the Duck, has died. He was 84.

A top Senate Republican said legislators don't want to let a possible vote on same-sex marriage drag into the weekend following days of marathon sessions in Albany.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said most of the $600 million in cost increases for the automated payroll project CityTime were legitimate — but acknowledged there was "an unconscionable amount of fraud."

A coalition of labor unions says Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rejected its offer to help avert the layoff of 4,000 teachers and the closure of 20 fire companies.

A bill requiring New Jersey public workers to pay more for pension and health benefits passed the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday evening.

Rail service has been restored along the Northeast Corridor, yet heavy delays persist after Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service was temporarily suspended at the start of rush hour Thursday.

Republican Senate majority leader Dean Skelos said a package of legislation that includes statewide property tax cap and city rent control legislation remains on track.

President Barack Obama told soldiers in upstate New York on Thursday that the U.S. has turned a corner in Afghanistan, a day after announcing plans to speed the withdrawal of troops out of the country. 

Senate Republicans ended another marathon session late Thursday without taking up the issue of same-sex marriage, which has been languishing in legislative overtime in Albany for days.

Good evening. Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor. This mass murder was planned by Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, and signaled a new threat to our security - one in which the targets were no longer soldiers on a battlefield, but innocent men, women and children going about their daily lives.

Republican Senators who are central to whether same-sex marriage will become legal in New York met privately Wednesday. The measure — which appears to be one vote away from passage i...

The state Assembly voted 110-28 on Tuesday to allow livery drivers to pick up passengers who hail them in the outerboroughs and Upper Manhattan despite protests from yellow cab drivers who protested the legislation in Albany.

Senate leader Dean Skelos said a "framework" for an agreement on rent control and a statewide property tax cap was reached Tuesday but that gay marriage was not discussed during the...

The state legislature is set to continue talks on rent control laws that apply to roughly 1 million New York City apartments on Tuesday following a temporary extension of the 1946 law Monday night. The new deadline is midnight Tuesday.

Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner submitted his letter of resignation on Monday.

In Albany, the legislature continues to debate extending rent regulations for New York City, which are set to expire at midnight.

Nearly all of the $600 million the city paid for the automated payroll project CityTime was directly or indirectly tainted, authorities now estimate.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the halls of New York's Capitol on Monday as Senate Republicans continued to weigh whether to vote on same-sex marriage.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's mother has died. Charlotte Rubens Bloomberg died Sunday at the age of 102.

A 63-year-old man who died of lung disease last year was added to the official list of victims of the September 11 terror attacks in a rare move Friday — becoming just the third victim to be added to the list.