Politics

Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme is certainly no stranger to controversy.

Members of the Raise the Age campaign are once again pushing state lawmakers to change the age of criminal responsibility in New York.

A former Newburgh mayoral candidate is in some real hot water.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered the shut down of fantasy football sites DraftKings and FanDuel on Tuesday. Schneiderman determined sites to be illegal gambling enterprises .

The Times Herald Record is reporting that 10,000 workers in New York state will see the minimum wage rise to $15 an hour over the next six years.

Members of the Upstate New York Towns Association are continuing their quest to leave New York state for good.

You thought your town had issues? San Marino, CA Mayor Dennis Kneier has stepped down from his position, according to the The Pasadena Star-News. Why? Kneier was caught on surveillance video flinging a bag of dog crap into the yard of Philip Lao...

One of the most tense and drawn out debates in the region has been over the future of the Indian Point Power Plant in Buchanan. The plant produces over 2,000 megawatts of electrical power providing as much as 30% of the electricity in NYC and surrounding areas, however, it has long been a target for both environmental and safety concerns...

So, after much debate, the NYS Senate voted 52-8 Tuesday evening (apparently going well after 7:00 pm)...to make yogurt the official New York state snack. If you think this sounds ridiculous, reports say the Senate actually spent an hour going back and forth whether to approve legislation designating the fermented milk product as our official state snack, and even going as far as designating diffe

A surprising new survey shows that religion narrowly beats out science when it comes to people's belief of the origins of the universe.