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Federal agents have searched two properties owned by a top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The FBI confirmed the raids conducted Thursday at two Bronx addresses. Records show the homes there are owned by Winnie Greco. Greco is a longtime fundraiser for the mayor who serves as his director of Asian affairs. The purpose of the raid...

Since New York legalized marijuana in 2021, unlicensed pot shops have proliferated across NYC, with limited pushback from authorities. On Tuesday, Gov. Hochul called on sites such as Yelp and Google Maps to stop listing them, and also renewed calls for the state Legislature to beef up enforcement powers and penalties.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts. The map approved Wednesday comes as the party’s candidates face a heavily contested election year in which House races in the state could determine control of Congress. Lawmakers in the Democrat-dominated statehouse approved the mapping bill on...

Nazis appeared to find a friendly reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year.

Some voters in a New Jersey town are being ordered to prove in court that they live in the area where they cast their ballots in a mayoral election, after the candidate who lost by just five votes took them to court.

A mayoral challenger brought dozens of Monmouth County voters to court after they were subpoenaed in the race separated by just a handful of votes — and some are unhappy they had to reveal who they had cast a ballot for. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state,” collecting millions of dollars from violent cartels to fuel his rise to power.

Tom Suozzi is going back to Washington, D.C., after winning the New York special election to fill the seat left vacant by George Santos after his expulsion last year. But the question is: When exactly will he be joining Congress?

Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, replacing George Santos and securing Suozzi’s return to Congress.

Democrat Tom Suozzi addressed his supporters after he was projected to defeat Republican Mazi Pilip in New York’s special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant after George Santos was expelled by Congress.

Federal prosecutors say Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife gave a false cover story to two people about how they got the gold bars involved in the alleged bribery scheme, as the senator has never said how he got the gold. And now there is new information about the cash found in the senator’s home, and perhaps some sort of...

Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told at least two people that she inherited gold bars from her mother — the same gold bars the FBI has alleged were part of payments to the senator and his wife as part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme.

Vying to replace Santos are former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, the Democratic nominee, and Nassau County legislator Mazi Pilip, the nominee for both the Republican and Conservative parties. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports. 

The epilogue to Republican George Santos’ short and tumultuous congressional career will be written Tuesday as voters in New York’s third congressional district decide who will complete the remaining 11 months of his unfinished term.

Pop-turned-football star Taylor Swift may be getting attention for her political sway, but the owners of both Super Bowl teams have donated millions over the years to candidates and causes across America. “With so much to talk about Taylor Swift’s political influence, we really should be looking at other luxury boxes on Super Bowl Sunday.”

Polls opened Saturday in New York’s hotly-contested special election to fill George Santos’ seat in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Long Island and Queens. New Yorkers can cast their ballots for Republican Mazi Pilip or Democrat Tom Suozzi ahead of the Feb. 13 election. Early voting runs for nine days. The seat has been empty since late…

On Long Island, Democrat Tom Suozzi is hoping to make a congressional comeback, but Republican Mazi Pilip is vying to win over the seat left vacant by George Santos. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

In a vote that passed 42-9, New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of the “How Many Stops Act.” The mayor and police unions tried to scrap the bill, arguing it would lead to time-consuming paperwork for officers, but the council overwhelmingly disagreed. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday.

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