Tag: New York

James Harris Jackson, center, a white racist accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old stranger on a Manhattan street because he was black, appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, with his attorney Sanford Talkin, left, in New York.

Army veteran pleads guilty to murder for killing black man with sword in Times Square

Diana Stancy Correll · January 24, 2019 12:10 am

In this photo provided by the Office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Cuomo, right, signs Reproductive Health Act Legislation during a ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in the Red Room at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. With the new law, New York state enacts one of the nation's strongest protections for abortion rights, a move that state leaders say was needed to safeguard those rights should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. Also pictured are attorney Sarah Weddington, front left, who successfully argued Roe v Wade before the Supreme Court; New York State assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, back left; New York State Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, standing center; and Democratic Lt. Gov Kathy Hochul, back right.

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Disgusting: New York not only legalized late-term abortions, but also celebrated like it won the Super Bowl

Nicole Russell · January 23, 2019 10:34 pm

Supreme Court to hear challenge to New York City gun ordinance

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2019 3:26 pm

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March, 14, 2017.

Kirsten Gillibrand: Past hard-line immigration stances 'weren't empathetic and were not kind'

Naomi Lim · January 20, 2019 11:37 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

New York’s first openly gay congressman defends Tulsi Gabbard after she apologizes for anti-LGBT past

Diana Stancy Correll · January 16, 2019 9:21 pm

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, speaks during a forum with Sadiq Khan, mayor of London at LaGuardia Community College in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio declines to address presidential ambitions

Joe Williams · January 13, 2019 3:17 pm

New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens to a speaker at a fundraiser Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old startled the party when she defeated 10-term U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York City Democratic primary. Ocasio-Cortez is a rising liberal star who is challenging the Democratic Party establishment.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign fined for not providing worker’s compensation coverage

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 11, 2019 1:24 am

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks to supporters during an election night watch party hosted by the New York State Democratic Committee, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in New York.

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It looks like Kirsten Gillibrand was lying about running for president the entire time

Philip Wegmann · January 10, 2019 11:09 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about abortion.

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Delusional Andrew Cuomo wants to expand the ‘right’ to kill your unborn child even further

Kimberly Ross · January 9, 2019 6:24 pm

People cross the street next to the MOMA PS1 art museum located in Long Island City near the site for a proposed Amazon headquarters in the Queens borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.

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Game of zones: Tax break for distressed communities could come up short

Scott Eastman · January 9, 2019 12:00 pm

People enter New York City Health Hospitals Gouverneur Health building, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in New York.

New York City to invest $100 million a year to provide healthcare to undocumented, low-wage workers

Claude Thompson · January 8, 2019 11:48 pm

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Veselnitskaya who discussed sanctions with Donald Trump Jr. in New York during the 2016 campaign told The Associated Press in an interview that she has not been contacted by special counsel Robert Mueller and alleged that he was not interested in getting to the truth.

Russian lawyer who organized 2016 Trump Tower meeting charged in obstruction case

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 4:35 pm