New York City - Billionaire Thomas Golisano has set his sights on the Democratic speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, who may soon bear the brunt of the Rochester Republican's new political action committee. Share Share Email Mr. Golisano, a three-time gubernatorial contender who is forming a PAC to spread his wealth to candidates across the state who pledge their support for his movement...

New York, NY - Childhood lead poisoning declined by 15 percent last year, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported, reaching the lowest rate ever recorded in New York City. The 2007 figure - 1,970 poisonings among children 6 months to 6 years of age - is a 90 percent decline since 1995, when nearly 20,000 children were identified with lead poisoning. Even low levels of lead...

New York, NY - In addition to rising food and fuel prices, New Yorkers are being hit by rising property taxes. The average property tax in the Big Apples is expected to go up by $171 this year. The rise in property taxes is expected to be higher in Manhattan and lower in The Bronx. Behind the increase in the real property tax are the rising assessments and the complex taxation system in the...

Manhattan, NY - An motor vehicle accident involving multiple vehicles including an overturned truck on the inbound lanes of the George Washington Bridge is causing major delays on the upper level of the bridge...

New York, NY - Soaring gas prices and higher tolls seem to be doing for traffic in New York what Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's ambitious congestion pricing was supposed to do: reducing the number of cars clogging the city's streets and pushing more people to use mass transit. In May, with gasoline at more than $4 a gallon, traffic at the MTA's bridges and tunnels dropped 4.7 percent compared...