Governor Cuomo said he might make New York State lawmakers cut their winter vacations short to deal with the projected budget shortfall.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lost a battle with a pothole.
Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg teamed up to support same sex marriage.
Should Kirsten Gillibrand’s low approval rating make her sweat? Read More
Prospective 2013 Mayoral candidates Chris Quinn and Bill de Blasio would really like you to know that they’ve been arrested multiple times–for civil disobedience.
New MTA boss, Joe Lhota, had a rough time at a board meeting yesterday where he was confronted with angry employees and crazed subway riders.
Governor Cuomo made up a new curfew law to bust Occupy Albany protesters.
Cigarette smuggling is running rampant in New York. Read More
The Occupy Wall Street mothership in Zuccotti Park is will be holding a march “in solidarity with Occupy Oakland” tonight that sounds like it will include interpretive dance and, of course, chanting. Read More
Yesterday may have been the most violent in the six week history of the Occupy Wall Street movement as police and protesters repeatedly clashed in Oakland, California with cops using gas, flashbangs and rubber bullets to disperse crowds. The Observer was on hand to taste the tear gas. Read More
