Involuntary commitment of severely mentally ill people should be a last resort. Let’s build more first resort solutions.

Half a century after the state tightened the criteria for involuntary commitment, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to hospitalize mentally ill people against their will.

Following months of intrigue and speculation about the future of the 21st Congressional District, the White House is now ...

Providing more money to this powerful initiative will help protect trans New Yorkers from the federal government.

Ahead of a rumored run for governor, Rep. Mike Lawler needs to maintain his moderate credentials while not antagonizing the ...

City Council candidate proposes WEINER Act to bar sex offenders from elected office New Majority NYC drops slate of City ...

Team Trump” candidate Heshy Tischler failed to garner much support in the largely Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn district.

The Assembly speaker said the state needs to figure out new sources of revenue to fund mass transit, especially given the ...

An argument against proposed legislation reducing the amount of information that prosecutors are required to disclose.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban would create safer schools and better learning environments.

That requires not just concrete actions to clean up the air we breathe, reduce carbon emissions and build more resilient ...

Including New York City Council Members Althea Stevens and Lincoln Restler, who organized the letter, 47 of the current 49 ...