More than 500 advocates and lawmakers rallied side by side at the Capitol building in Albany Tuesday, asking for the passage ...

Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to ...

New York State has officially become the first in the nation to recognize Lunar New Year as a statewide holiday ...

and families of incarcerated New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at the New York State Capitol to demand that the State Legislature pass a pair of parole reform bills. The “Parole Justice for Our ...

One hundred years ago, legislators announced that they would propose a bill setting aside $1 million to purchase a site for a ...

The lawsuit claims that the agents’ First Amendment rights were violated, as was the federal Privacy Act. It seeks to prevent ...

US Capitol Police arrested an unhinged man with knives and Molotov cocktails who allegedly intended to murder House Speaker ...

Democrats in the state Legislature had believed the issue was settled through New York’s Human Rights Law, which explicitly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. State Supreme Court ...

Jon Campbell covers the New York State Capitol for WNYC and Gothamist. Prior to that, he covered the Capitol for more than a decade for the USA TODAY Network. He has twice earned the Walter T.

These Mississippians convicted in the U.S. Capitol insurrection are included in President Trump's massive pardon regarding ...

I hit the halls of the state Capitol this week to learn what options lawmakers are considering behind closed doors to upgrade New York’s crumbling mass transit system. A tax hike on high-income ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The Share Our Wealth coalition—made up of unions, community organizations, not-for-profits, and faith-based groups—wants the New York State government to increase ...