Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering putting a tax on tap water, Fox New York reports.   The proposal is being put forth by State Sen. Bob Smith D-Middlesex, who said it’s not actually a tax but a “user fee”….

The Buffalo Billion verdict gave ammunition to critics and rivals of Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday afternoon. The governor’s re-election rivals and good-government groups were ready to hammer the governor shortly after a jury convicted Cuomo’s “economic guru” and three western…

After The New York Times posed the question of whether Representative Joseph Crowley could remain on the ballot in November and challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a third-party candidate on the Working Families Party, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted her feelings about Crowley. Crowley…

In a world where some children fall behind their peers because they don’t have access to a good education, some people make massive profits off of private education. The headmasters of some New York private schools are making salaries, bonuses…

The Parks Department has kept on and even promoted ex-con Michael Palamar, 53, who collects an impressive $105,266 salary as a supervisor, despite his 2009 conviction for sexually abusing a woman while he was on the job and a manslaughter…