New York Local News

Albany, NY (AP) - As another week passed without a deal to address New York’s $3.2 billion deficit, Gov. David Paterson on Sunday told lawmakers they should put the people first, not powerful special interests.

A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.

The Millennium Broadway Hotel in Times Square is offering two special packages including discounts on holiday parties in New York City and a special holiday shopping package.

He’s played everything from a mobster to a mobster. But his breakout role was as mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” on HBO’s “The Sopranos.” Vincent Pastore grew up in New Rochelle, NY, but now lives on City Island in The Bronx. He’s currently working on ...

Solvay, NY -- After a year-long investigation into a Central New York business that advertises performing massages, Onondaga County sheriff’s deputies arrested six people on prostitution-related charges Friday, deputies said.

Weedsport, NY -- A rollover crash was reported just before noon near the Weedsport exit of the New York State Thruway. There are few details available, but the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office's Air-One helicopter was requested to fly a victim of the crash to a hospital.

The New York Life Foundation announced today a $200,000 grant to support the YMCA of Greater New York’s new curriculum driven by the Salvadori Method, which provides afterschool staff with “hands-on/minds-on” activities that engage students through architecture, engineering and design to explore math, science, arts and humanities.

In 2010, the All Tomorrow's Parties festival will return to the scenic (and kinda creepy) Kutschers Country Club in Monticello, New York for a third year. ATP New York will take place over Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, so you'll have an extra vacation day to work off that hangover you earned playing poker with Steve Albini until 5 a.m. The first acts announced for ATP NY 2010 are those ...

George Wein's New Festival Productions Produces 10-day Festival Including Partnerships with Some of New York's Most Unique and Culturally Significant Venues NEW YORK, NY -- After being without the annual jazz festival this past June for the first time in 37 years, jazz fans from around the world can celebrate the music at the CareFusion New York Jazz Festival June 17-26, 2010. George Wein, along ...

New York lawmakers are heading home without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis. The Legislature was in session all week - at a cost of about $70,000 a day - but couldn't agree on how to close this fiscal year's $3.2 billion deficit.