Federal transportation officials said that because New York's congestion tolls were really about raising money for mass transit, they didn't qualify for an exemption from the federal tolling ban.
Plus: Possible quid pro quo between the DOJ and Eric Adams, DEI in the federal government, and more...
Prosecutors claim the case is about coercion. So why isn’t that the charge they are bringing?
"I know they are guilty," otherwise "they would not be in front of me," said town justice Richard Snyder, who resigned in December.
"I can't make sense of it. I couldn't even finish watching the video," said the girl's mother. "That's not how you handle children."
Aside from a felony record that may yet be erased on appeal, the president-elect will face no punishment for trying to conceal his hush payment to Stormy Daniels.
The state is asking that $9 congestion tolls that will be charged to drivers entering lower Manhattan starting Sunday be stopped while its legal challenge to them is ongoing.
Reselling restaurant reservations helps allocate seats to those who most want them.
A Utica, New York, land grab offers the justices an opportunity to revisit a widely criticized precedent.
The latest federal homelessness survey finds an 18 percent annual rise in the number of people living without permanent shelter.
Plus: Biden's last-minute Ukraine cash surge, Tennessee age-verification law blocked, Kentucky man killed by cop who showed up at wrong house, and more…
Increasing energy costs in New York will not significantly address climate change.
The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.
Capping state and local tax deductions sparked a tax migration that rewarded pro-growth states. Raising the cap now would stall reform where it’s needed most.
What began as a vibrant, organic solution to a crisis has been stifled by overregulation.
The New York City mayor's kickbacks from Turkish officials translated into extra cash from taxpayers.
With the help of New York’s environmental review law, local NIMBYs halted an approved housing project, adding to delays and costs in a city facing a housing shortage.
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
Peanut the Squirrel charmed a large internet audience that helped fund an animal sanctuary. Then the government seized him.
Plus: Andrew Cuomo's potential prosecution, Texas death blamed on abortion ban, and more...
Two brothers are asking the Supreme Court to stop their town from using eminent domain to steal their land for an empty field.
According to a new lawsuit, NYPD officers have been illegally accessing sealed juvenile arrest records.
Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.
Federal Aviation Administration
Congestion and slowdowns in the airspace around New York City account for up to 75 percent of all airline delays, yet efforts to depoliticize its management remain stalled.
Plus: Guided missile submarine sent to the Middle East, European tourism controversies, and more...
Recent footage shows a federal agent attempting to search a citizen’s bag without their consent, despite precedent saying that’s illegal.
The cases of Joey the Player and the Long Island Serial Killer show how systemic neglect and the failure to pass an immunity bill have left violent criminals on the loose for far too long.
Subsidies for journalism will divorce reporters from the need to even try to win readers and viewers.
The Manhattan Institute's Charles Fain Lehman misleadingly equates a survey's measure of "cannabis use disorder" with "compulsive" consumption that causes "health and social problems."
Supporters say the measure will uphold “social justice,” but research shows licensing requirements don’t always work as intended.
The state has thousands of unauthorized shops but fewer than 200 licensed marijuana sellers.
Researchers examined garbage placed in public receptacles in Washington, D.C., and New York City and found that the locales’ bans on flavored tobacco products have unquestionably failed.
The bill would banish insurance companies from the state if they invest in companies profiting from oil and gas.
The city's Rent Guidelines Board approved a nominal 2.75 rent increase for one million rent-stabilized apartments. That's below the year's 3.3 percent inflation rate.
Plus: unpermitted ADUs in San Jose, Sen. J.D. Vance's mass deportation plan for housing affordability, and the California Coastal Commission's anti-housing record.
Facing an opponent who has been credibly described as a sexual predator, Biden instead emphasizes Trump's cover-up of a consensual encounter.
This isn't the first time a student event has been canceled over alleged safety issues.
Government school advocates say competition "takes money away" from government schools. That is a lie.
That take on the former president's New York conviction echoes similarly puzzling claims by many people who should know better.
The lack of a clear rationale for charging Trump with 34 felonies raises a due process issue that is likely to figure in his appeals.
