Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is among the holdouts refusing the DOJ‑Live Nation deal while Columbus lawmakers push rules to rein in ticket resellers. The state fight keeps the antitrust case alive.

Hochul is urging employers and the state marketplace to help cover roughly 450,000 New Yorkers who will lose zero‑premium Essential Plan benefits this July.

County lawmakers are weighing a ban on hourly hotel bookings plus quarterly training and reporting requirements aimed at curbing sex trafficking. The proposal is headed to the full Legislature in about two weeks.

Mayor Mamdani toured Housing Court on April 13 and said he saw families on the brink of eviction, pledging to work with judges to address delays and unsafe conditions.

City Council committees will examine how jailed New Yorkers register and vote at Rikers tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., with bills on ballot‑curing and jail voter reporting on the agenda.

The FCC has warned several New York property owners after tracing unlicensed FM signals to buildings in Manhattan and Queens. Owners have 10 business days to show broadcasts have stopped or face steep penalties.

Letitia James says she has forced NewYork-Presbyterian to reform emergency mental-health care after investigators found major failures that left patients waiting for psychiatric beds.

A Miami federal judge dismissed President Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal over reporting tied to a 2003 Epstein-era note.

Rep. Mike Lawler told CNN he backed striking Iran’s energy and civilian infrastructure — not the annihilation of a people — as the president’s apocalyptic post set off legal and political alarm.

Albany’s Senate package would push New York toward a 20 GW distributed solar goal, double the homeowner tax credit to $10,000 and set aside $250M for NY‑Sun.

The New York State Bar Association backed bills to give detained immigrants lawyers and urged more state funding to expand representation. The association cited large gaps in counsel.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani will headline a 'Union Now' labor rally at Terminal 5 in Manhattan on Sunday as unions push to rebuild worker power.

The Justice Department said IBM will pay $17,077,043 to resolve allegations that some DEI programs improperly weighed race or sex in hiring, promotions and bonuses tied to federal contracts.