Gov. David Paterson introduced a bill Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, comparing the effort to the fight for the abolition of slavery. Paterson, whose job approval rating has plunged below 30 percent, is making a political gamble that he can ride the momentum of other states that have ...

Michael Bloomberg has an op-ed explaining his budget. Republicans in Queens grumbled at the mayor's presence at their club last night. "He didn't come over and say hello to me," said Queens Republican County Leader Phil Ragusa after Bloomberg's visit. Vinny Ignizio of Staten Island said Republicans want more jobs from Bloomberg. At the Conservative Party conference ...