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Some U.S. Jewish families observing Passover are struggling to pay for matzo, eggs and gefilte fish as soaring inflation drives up prices during one of the most important Jewish holidays.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi is joining a competitive primary race for New York governor that became wide open when Andrew Cuomo resigned.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is dismissing criticism from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the bombshell report from her office that detailed sexual harassment allegations against him.

Fifty years after the Attica prison uprising in New York, the families of slain and injured prison guards say they're still waiting for an apology from the state.

Resigning from office probably didn’t end former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legal problems, and no matter what happens next, taxpayers are likely to wind up with a hefty bill.

Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over complaints that her predecessor abused his power and sexually harassed at least 11 women.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will resign in disgrace this week.

With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcing that he would leave office in two weeks, it remains an open question whether state lawmakers would nevertheless launch impeachment proceedings against the three-term Democratic governor.

As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration.

As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration.

Andrew Cuomo tried to return to the business of governing Monday, one of his sexual harassment accusers met via Zoom for more than four hours with investigators working for the state attorney general’s office. Bennett, 25, is one of a number of women who have accused Cuomo of workplace harassment. That's a process that normally involves intense negotiations and deal-making between Cuomo and the two top leaders in the Legislature. More than 130 state lawmakers have said Cuomo should resign, including Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Cuomo, a Democrat, has said he'll “fully cooperate.” His office didn’t immediately comment Monday when asked about Bennett’s interview with investigators.

FILE - Larry Flynt Publications Inc. (LFP) Publisher Larry Flynt comments on the resignation of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 14, 2008. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. “He suffered decades of health issues and you can imagine it was pretty difficult,” said his nephew Jimmy Flynt Jr. “His doctors had said he should have passed away 30 years ago,” Jimmy Flynt Jr. said Wednesday.

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is denying allegations of choking a woman during a hotel altercation. Janelle Burrell of WCBS, CBS New York has details on what happened.

The New York Police Department is investigating a claim that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer assaulted a woman inside a midtown hotel. A Russian woman says she was choked and pushed by Spitzer, according to police. Spitzer stepped down as governor in 2008 after being part of a prostitution scandal.

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