Joe Lhota may be a Republican seeking his party’s nomination for mayor of New York City. That doesn’t mean he’s picking Brooks Brothers over Costco for the campaign trail. Lhota, 58, who ran the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Democratic New...
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Jason Collins, left, #34 of the Atlanta Hawks, warms up before the game against the Golden State Warriors.
Jason Collins, Michelle Obama: Fundraisers for Party’s LGBT Gala
Perhaps notably, it was the Obama White House — and then President Barack Obama personally — who spoke of their pride in Jason Collins, the NBA center who announced that he is gay. And perhaps predictably, now it is Collins...
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The fossil of the Tyrannosaurus bataar.
Border Patrolosaurus: Going Home
Who says the U.S. border is porous? The patrol stopped a Tyrannosaurus. And now they’re sending it home. In a repatriation ceremony on Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will hand off a “70 million-year-old nearly complete Tyrannosaurus Bataar...
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Former New York Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth is preparing for a rematch with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democrat who unseated her in the 2012 election. Hayworth filed a statement of candidacy and a statement of organization with the Federal...
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New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, shown here speaking prior to a panel on Gun Violence on April 3, 2013 in New York.
New York Takes Steps Toward Disclosure of Nonprofit Donors
Nonprofits that spend millions on political campaigns are attracting increased scrutiny from the federal government, and lawmakers of both parties are looking at legislation to require disclosure. New York state officials on their own are moving toward requring such groups to...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State and budget proposals at The City College of New York on February 6, 2013 in New York City.
Cuomo: ‘Never Waste a Crisis’ — Where We’ve Heard That Before
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, channeling his inner Rahm Emanuel, doesn’t want to let a good scandal go to waste. Two New York lawmakers were arrested last week in separate corruption cases. A third lawmaker said he’d resign after pleading...
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Peter King: Sandy Cost Trust in Party
The fight against fellow House Republicans to secure $60.2 billion so the Northeast region could begin rebuilding after Super-storm Sandy wreaked widespread devastation frayed the bonds of loyalty and trust that New York Rep. Peter King feels for colleagues in...
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A voter at a polling station in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Nov. 6, 2012.
Obama, Romney Votes Trickling In — Still a 5-Million Margin for Obama
So exactly how many votes did President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney receive in the November 2012 election? It’s still a moving target — more than 90 days after the vote. That’s because some states have issued amended...
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The rear exterior and pool of the newly constructed mansion in New Jersey.
Top-10 Congressional Districts: Household Income
The Census Bureau has begun to release demographic and economic data for redrawn congressional districts that became effective this year, yielding valuable insight about the constituencies of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Following are the 10...
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Sean Eldridge, president of Hudson River Ventures, left, and Chris Hughes, editor-in-chief and publisher of The New Republic and a founder of Facebook Inc., during the Paris Review Spring Revel gala in New York.
Investor Eldridge Eyes N.Y. House Seat
Sean Eldridge, an investor and Democratic political activist, has filed paperwork establishing a 2014 campaign for Congress in New York’s Hudson Valley. A statement of organization creating “Sean Eldridge for Congress” and a statement of candidacy were processed by the...
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