Austin C. Jefferson

An interview with the lieutenant governor who’s challenging his boss

“I assure you, my capacity for an expansive range of topics is enormous,” the governor told reporters.

A new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that New York kept thousands of Medicare-eligible seniors on Medicaid plans, costing the state $485 million.

Reinvent Albany, Demand Progress Education Fund and Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a complaint against Sarcone, the top federal prosecutor in northern New York.

The Republican congressional representative criticized Hochul over her opposition to fracking.

A maverick Republican mayor who criticizes ICE is facing a challenge from a progressive opponent backed by the Working Families Party.

Now that Assembly Member Billy Jones has left the state Legislature, the GOP is hoping to flip his seat – but it won’t be easy.

Republicans bypassed Rep. Elise Stefanik's preferred pick and selected former state police commander Brent Davison to run in the special election on Nov. 4.

The state prison agency encouraged the state Legislature to consider tweaks to the law that would make it easier to put people in solitary confinement.

New polling shows a majority of New Yorkers want the governor to sign legislation permitting doctors to assist terminally ill patients in ending their lives.