President Trump is expected in Rockland County this Friday for a White House event with Rep. Mike Lawler; venue details remain unconfirmed.

A towering middle-finger sculpture by Staten Island artist Scott LoBaido was placed outside City Hall Monday, facing the building and quickly drawing crowds and online attention. The stunt highlights friction around Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s early weeks in office.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon as he courts business while pressing tax plans aimed at the wealthy. The talks follow a string of recent meetings with industry executives as City Hall tries to shore up the budget.

A Second Circuit panel struck down New York’s private‑property “vampire rule” while upholding a ban on guns in public parks in Christian v. James.

Council members and public‑safety experts are urging the NYPD to publish every shots‑fired alert and related reports so neighborhoods can see where guns are being fired, not just where people are hurt. The NYPD says its shooting‑victim statistics are the clearest measure, while auditors and researchers call for more data.

Assemblyman Michael Novakhov is organizing a 'Stop Mamdani' rally in Brighton Beach to protest Mayor Zohran Mamdani's policies amid recent synagogue demonstrations.

The Justice Department sued Connecticut on May 15, saying SB 397 unlawfully regulates federal officers and threatens officer safety.

Governors from California to Georgia are rolling out immediate affordability fixes — $11 CalRx insulin, gas‑tax pauses and child‑care plans — while Washington stalls.

An AtlasIntel survey gave Marco Rubio a strong early lead over J.D. Vance, but poll averages still favor Vance; methodological differences make the picture messy.

A DOJ probe says Yale School of Medicine favored Black and Hispanic applicants and tracked "racial proxies" to sidestep the Supreme Court's ban on race‑conscious admissions.

State lawmakers passed the SAFE Shelter Act to require reimbursement when providers downsize two‑bed units to shelter single adults, a change advocates say will open more beds for survivors.

Alex Bores says he "loves" his dad but distances himself after archived posts showed William Bores celebrating Israeli deaths and equating Zionists with Nazis.

Albany approved a 12th stopgap budget extender signed by Gov. Hochul to fund state operations through May 18 while lawmakers finalize a proposed $268B deal.