Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to serve as US attorney general, is about to re-emerge in the legal world, joining the law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison as a litigation partner in its New York office, where she will work on complex lawsuits and defend companies in criminal prosecutions.
Minutes after Air Force One touched down, returning Trump to Washington after a formal state visit to Japan, former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic frontrunner, responded to the president’s decision to embrace an insult hurled at Biden by North Korean state media.
The US Supreme Court sidestepped part of a case that could have tested the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, turning down an appeal to reinstate a strict Indiana abortion law. But the court upheld part of the same law regulating the disposal of fetal remains.
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is reportedly pitching to reprise his “jack-of-all-trades” role within the Trump campaign as it gears up for the 2020 election.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is preparing for a June fundraising blitz in New York, where he will be joined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and famed short seller Jim Chanos.
Facing a growing storm of outrage over an overtime scandal, Cuomo opened the door to possibly demanding work rule changes from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s unions as part of upcoming contract talks.
Cuomo also cracked open the door on a proposal to expand sports betting outside the confines of brick-and-mortar casinos.
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s Spitzer Enterprises has landed a $386 million refinancing package for its luxury multifamily development at 420 Kent Avenue on the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront.
The Problem Solvers Caucus released a report with bipartisan policy recommendations to build a 21st Century infrastructure network for America.
The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren’t sure why.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, won’t meet with Trump when he’s hosted by the royals next month. She has been critical of the president in her pre-marriage/Hollywood actress life.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is finally throwing his support behind paid vacation time — five years after it was first introduced by a city councilman — just as he’s made compensated leave a central component of his presidential stump speech.
NYPIRG’s review of the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule data (2013-2015) found that 176 water systems detected one or more emerging contaminants, affecting nearly 16 million New Yorkers.
The homes provided to college presidents in the Capital Region differ vastly in terms of comfort, size and opulence.
Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer for Netflix, stated the video streaming company may consider pulling out production from the state of Georgia if the recently signed heartbeat bill is upheld in federal courts.
Albany County Comptroller Michael Conners announced his office is investigating an allegation that a county employee had been doing political campaign work on the job.
MTA Police are investigating the vandalism of a billboard at the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station advertising an upcoming Long Beach festival that attracts tens of thousands of members of the LGBT community, officials said.
Albany Medical Center President and CEO James J. Barba, who has led the major health care institution since 1995, will retire in March, the hospital announced.
The number of self-service laundry spots in New York City has dropped 25 percent since 2015, so owners are doing what they can to stay in business – offering pastries, coffee, free meditation classes and more.
Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino has stopped the town clerk – an elected official – from speaking to the town board during public hearings or on resolutions during regular meetings.