New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is worried the new $9 congestion toll to enter Midtown Manhattan will actually reduce evenue at the Port Authority crossings by diverting motorists elsewhere.
Drug abusers could no longer be referred to as an "addict" in New York State, according to a proposal tucked into Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget plan.
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo would clobber Mayor Eric Adams even among black voters if the pair ran against each other in the Democratic primary for mayor, according to an independent poll released Wednesday.
New York is home to a staggering 470,100 undocumented workers, Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration said Tuesday -- as the governor worried a coming crackdown on illegal immigrants could send the local economy into a tailspin.
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a "bell-to-bell" ban on smartphones and other devices in her budget plan unveiled Tuesday -- a prohibition that comes with a surprise $13.5 million bill.
Long Island Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi said he's ready to work with President Trump to bolster border enforcement, crack down on criminal illegal aliens, and addressing the broken immigration system.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman -- who banned transgender athletes from competing in girls sports on his turf -- lauded President Trump's executive order defining sex as "only male and female."
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has personally appealed to President Trump to kill the new congestion toll Garden State commuters have to pay to enter midtown Manhattan.
The order would be a potential blow to states such as New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts that are depending on the clean energy to help meet what critics call pie-in-the-sky goals.
“Smartphone use in our schools has supercharged in-school violence and bullying, created an educational environment full of distraction, and isolated our children from each other," said Raj Goyle, founder of Phone Free New York.
“It's cynical and it's kind of a projection of fearfulness rather than strength,” John Kaehny, Executive Director of good government group Reinvent Albany, told The Post.
Hundreds of New Yorkers are flocking to DC for Donald Trump's inauguration -- with the fired-up GOPers even talking about winning the governorship again for the first time in a generation next year.
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