Former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization must pay $354 million in fines and are barred from seeking loans from financial institutions in New York for a period of three years, a judge ruled Friday, issuing his long-awaited judgment in the state’s civil fraud case. Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his judgment in a […]
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after he won the special election in New York’s 3rd District to replace former GOP Rep. George Santos, NBC News projects. Suozzi’s victory Tuesday over Republican Mazi Pilip cuts Republicans’ already razor-thin House majority by one seat, making legislating even more difficult […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that the reported migrants who were recorded on video assaulting two police officers over the weekend in Times Square should be deported. “Get them all and send them back,” she said in response to a question about the people who have been arrested in connection with the assaults. […]
Jan. 31 (UPI) — New York state Judge Arthur Engoron is poised to possibly rule as soon as Wednesday on how much Trump and co-defendants have to pay in a civil fraud case and if the former president can continue doing business in New York. Engoron previously had announced that he wants to rule by […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling for a $370 million fine against former President Donald Trump and his companies and a lifetime ban on him and two of his former company executives from the real estate industry in the state. Attorneys from James’ office requested the punishment in post-trial motions filed Friday in […]
Lawmakers across the Empire State are due back in the legislative chambers this week for the start of the session, where a range of topics — including housing production and mayoral control— are expected to dominate the agenda in the first half of 2024. Members from the Assembly and Senate will once again start the […]
Dec. 28—Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced more than $200 million for summer meals for about 2 million low-income school-aged children in New York. Following Hochul’s decision to opt New York into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children, more than $200 million in federal funding will be allocated to […]
Dec. 24—ALBANY — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul on Friday signed a new bill into law aimed at cutting the backlog of cases in the state court system by increasing the number of judges in Family Court, state Supreme Court and New York City’s Civil Courts. The state has regularly added justices to these and other […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Republicans have picked Ethiopia-born former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip as their candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by George Santos’ ouster, the Queens County Republican Party said on Thursday. Pilip, a county legislator, will face Democratic former U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi in the Feb. 13 special […]