Last week, President-elect Donald Trump named former Long Island congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. The move has raised major concerns ...

Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch the next leader of the NYPD. Tisch will become the second woman police commissioner in the NYPD’s 179-year ...

The attorneys representing plaintiffs in four lawsuits aiming to stop congestion pricing were back in court Thursday. Now they’re looking to file motions seeking preliminary injunctions as the ...

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres is not ruling out a run for governor against fellow Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul, telling Spectrum News NY1 “we have a leadership crisis in America, and nowhere is it ...

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican, wants Congress to ban transgender women from using women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill, as Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride — the ...

New York City FC’s $780 million, 25,000-seat venue that it intends to open next to the Mets’ Citi Field in 2027 will be named Etihad Park under a 20-year agreement announced Thursday with ...

Former city public school students are calling on New Yorkers to help current city students afford a college education. With the help of the nonprofit NYC Kids Rise, alumni of city schools are ...

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee is expected to meet Wednesday to discuss how it should move forward with its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who has been tapped by President ...

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Daniel Penny trial rested their cases, marking an end to the evidence and testimony. “We’re very confident that ultimately when the jury receives the ...

The City Council passed “City of Yes” Thursday, an ambitious housing proposal from Mayor Eric Adams to help alleviate the city’s affordability crisis. “I’m very excited that the Council ...

WASHINGTON — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt ...

The Adams administration's plan to build more affordable housing in every borough — known as the "City of Yes" — passed a key vote by a City Council committee on Thursday. It all comes as two ...