Sheldon Silver

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's stakes in companies the state does business with has made watchdogs wary.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. added $1 million to the program and extended it through 2015.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer derided Carl Paladino for comparing Sheldon Silver to "Hitler."

Sheldon Silver profited off the judgement in the 9/11 lawsuits, according to a report.

The turnout at Rep. Charlie Rangel's birthday party was a who's who of New York's political brass.

Residents say the problem has grown worse in the past several months.

The guards will be posted at Warren, Murray and Albany Streets starting as soon as Aug. 2.

The new law stems from the deaths of Hayley Ng, 4, and Diego Martinez, 3, last year in Chinatown.

The legislature and governor are still at odds over how to balance the budget, which is now 89 days late.

Surveillance cameras will be installed in the fall as police continue to search for suspects in a sex attack of a young girl.

Lower Manhattan's top elected officials want the agency to conduct a risk assessment of the Chinatown street.

The landlord developing an adjacent high-rise hotel was ruled responsible for letting the building fail.

A group of Downtown politicians want the federal government to help reopen the long-closed Chinatown stretch.

The bill, which now awaits approval by the state Senate and the governor, doubles the cap on charter schools.

Fifty-five state parks and historic locations will reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend, thanks to an agreement between Gov. David Paterson and the state legislature.