From Newsday : Former State Senate Republican powerbroker Dean Skelos and his son Adam both unexpectedly won reduced sentences in Manhatta...

From the NY Post : Ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted Tuesday on eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy. The j...

From the Daily News : A federal appeals panel threw out the corruption convictions of former New York Senate majority leader Dean Skelos a...

From the Daily News : A real estate firm that played a key role in the corruption charges against disgraced ex-legislative leaders Sheldon...

From the Daily News : City politicians aren't allowed to use their campaign cash to pay lawyers representing them in criminal matters,...

From Gotham Gazette : As New Yorkers begin a year of many voting opportunities, there are important questions that elections will help ans...

From the Queens Chronicle : Less than two weeks after former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted on bribery charges, his state S...

From the Daily News : Embattled Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos has told his members he is stepping down from his leadership...

From the Daily News : Federal prosecutors are expected to announce criminal charges against state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and h...

From the Daily News : Prosecutors investigating state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son have also been asking questions about...

From NBC : Federal investigators are looking into state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos' sources of income, according to people fa...

From the Epoch Times : The unusual power-sharing arrangement in the New York state Senate between Republicans and a splinter faction of De...

From the Daily News : With the elections now over, lawmakers are hoping for their first pay raise since 1999. “It’s long overdue,” said ...

From the NY Times : New York, like many other states, has a part-time Legislature; the 212 members get a base salary of $79,500, plus lead...

From the NY Times : On a recent Saturday afternoon I set out to explore South Ozone Park in Queens, in particular a stretch whose racial ...

From the NY Post : A month after state Sen. Malcolm Smith bolted the Democratic Party to join the Independent Democratic Conference, seven...

From the NY Post : State lawmakers are scrambling to rake in as much cash as possible before Gov. Cuomo’s overhaul of campaign laws is ena...

From True News for Change NYC : For the last few days there has been talk of creating a Queens "super poll" at the Aqueduct Raci...

From AM-NY : Less than a week after police arrested a "high risk" sex offender for allegedly sexually abusing two young girls in a...

From the NY Times : Many in the political world expected that Mr. Turner’s seat would be on the chopping block, under the political equivale...