His successor in Congress, Micah Lasher, writes about Nadler’s lasting impact on New York and the nation.

A state board authorized phasing out the tests, long viewed as a rite of passage for high school seniors, as a diploma requirement. What replaces them is an open question.

Our special roundtable this week focuses on the fortunes of the Democratic Party. Three top political thinkers - Assemblyman Micah Lasher, Amanda Litman, and Michael Steele - assess the Dems’ prospects in midterms and 2028. They break down what the part...

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A new idea for a New York Olympic bid, with a twist

Nearly a year after President Donald Trump publicly said his administration would reverse steep cuts to New York's counterterrorism funding, Gov. Kathy Hochul

Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin said his agents made 2,100 arrests, but declined to say how many of those people had any criminal history.

The city Department of Transportation kicked off construction Monday on a project to add 2.5 miles of new bus lanes to Manhattan's 116th Street — an effort

Trump’s replacement of a military war with a heightened economic one is not expected to alter Iran’s strategy, while further impoverishing its people.

After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.

The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.

After decades as a coveted address in Syracuse, N.Y., the sprawling Nob Hill complex descended into neglect, squalor and death. One family paid a terrible price.

Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.

The news is a big win for fans of the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."

The U.S. is currently experiencing its highest count of measles cases in 35 years.

Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was see...

The MTA has yet to roll out a digital alternative to the reloadable plastic OMNY cards sold at vending machines.

The Rensselaer County executive says he will not comply with the new law.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an enhanced immigration enforcement operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) throughou...

Micah Lasher knows that establishment Democrats have a problem.

On the one within the Democratic Party, and the one we need to make to voters

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YouTube video by Micah Lasher for Congress

YouTube video by Micah Lasher for Congress

Micah Lasher shares his West Side Story — a candidate running to replace Jerry Nadler for New York's 12th Congressional District.

The Democratic Party isn’t meeting the moment. We need to be doing so much more to throw sand in Republicans’ gears, stop the trampling of our laws, and fight fire with fire at every turn. Stopping Do...

Tom Homan says he made Kathy Hochul promise after governor signed bill protecting New Yorkers against ICE