A panel of New York appeals court judges considered Thursday afternoon whether President Donald Trump can be held in contempt for refusing to be deposed in a defamation case brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos.
Read moreAfter two days of closing arguments in a New York courtroom, the first federal bribery and corruption trial in NCAA basketball history will go to a jury to decide whether an alleged scheme to funnel money from Adidas to families of recruits victimized colleges that sought top players.
Read moreNew York prosecutors sued Governor Andrew Cuomo and others Wednesday to block a new law that made the Empire State the first in country to put its district attorneys under the scrutiny of an oversight panel.
Read moreFederal prosecutors charged a senior Financial Crimes Enforcement Network official with leaking thousands of sensitive files connected to the Russia investigation for a yearlong series of articles in BuzzFeed.
Read moreA literary advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming President Donald Trump’s robust threats to use his powers to punish critical media coverage chills writers’ free speech in violation of the First Amendment.
Read moreSears, once a powerhouse of American retail, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday and said it will close 142 stores amid mounting debt.
Read moreTwo weeks after pleading guilty in state court to having bribed a judge, a former Democratic lobbyist returned to court Tuesday to plead guilty to a federal charge involving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Read moreSetting the stage for courtroom fireworks, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood urged a federal judge to advance claims that the Trump Foundation regularly violated state and federal law.
Read moreSix months after Governor Andrew Cuomo restored the voting rights of 35,000 New Yorkers on parole, the New York City Council met Wednesday to focus on drumming up awareness.
Read moreTwice convicted of corruption, ex-New York Assembly Speaker Silver won a Second Circuit reprieve Wednesday that will delay a seven-year sentence set to begin this week.
Read moreNine companies accused of preying on New Yorkers wracked with student loan debt were hit with legal firepower Thursday from the state attorney general.
Read moreAfter serving two generations of New York’s most powerful political dynasty, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former “right-hand man” Joseph Percoco received a six-year sentence for corruption Thursday.
Read moreDescribing meals containing hair and flies, and advertisements for a high school that is not actually accredited, New York’s attorney general is urging a court upstate to shut down a program that purports to train young basketball players with dreams of playing professionally.
Read moreTriggering dissents from two judges, New York’s highest court sided Tuesday with a state agency that changed its policy to bar inspectors from seeking or holding elected office.
Read moreA decade after the 2008 financial crisis, Wall Street profits for the first half of 2018 are the highest in a decade, a report released Monday by the New York state comptroller finds.
Read moreNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo comfortably defeated a primary challenge from actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, but Thursday’s election did see several incumbents in the state Legislature lose their seats.
Read moreThree months after picking party nominees for federal office, New Yorkers return to the polls Thursday for an important round of state primary elections. Here’s a rundown of candidates vying for governor, attorney general and other big races in the state Legislature.
Read moreOne of the sprawling class actions that accuses The Weinstein Co. and Miramax executives of enabling years of sexual misconduct by producer Harvey Weinstein took an inauspicious turn Wednesday at a hearing in federal court.
Read moreA painting seized by the Nazis during World War II was returned to its rightful owner Wednesday at a repatriation ceremony in lower Manhattan.
Read moreBreaking the longstanding record for a dinosaur-like fish called longnose gar, a Hoosick Falls fisherman brought New York its third record fish this year, officials touted Monday.
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