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President Barack Obama has got his swagger back. He was feisty and confident Wednesday in his first post-election press conference, insisting he has a mandate to raise taxes on the rich, making a pitch for bipartisan immigration reform and reiterating he will not let Iran get a nuclear weapon.

He got testy in defending his friend and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, who some claim misled the nation...

If the Long Island Power Authority were actually a power company, Michael Hervey might very well have had success running it. But LIPA is mostly a political organization, and Hervey is an operations guy. It was never a very good fit.

Hervey, 54, resigned Tuesday after two years as interim chief executive and 12 years with the authority. He has said his last day will be Dec. 15, but agreed...

When will we find out exactly what a “modest” toll hike is in New York?

The New York State Thruway Authority isn’t saying. Not exactly.

The agency’s board, which controls more than 570 miles of the state’s roadways canceled a third meeting — this one scheduled for Tuesday — where it was expected to increase tolls by as much as 45 percent on commercial vehicles and trucks. (A meeting...

Now that voters in two states — Colorado and Washington— have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, I have two words of advice for federal drug officials: Stand down.

Marijuana is still illegal under federal law and federal law supersedes state law. So there’s nothing really to stop federal law enforcement officers from arresting, prosecuting and locking up people who sell or possess...

Meet the most powerful lawmakers in Albany.

The Independent Democratic Conference of the New York State Senate likely holds the balance of power in its hands.

At least at the moment.

With a 33-30 split in the Democrats’ favor, these four “Independents” -- Sens. Jeffrey Klein of the Bronx and Westchester, David Carlucci of Rockland County, Diane Savino of Staten Island and David...

Update: This evening, Fordham University's College Republican Club canceled Ann Coulter's appearance.

In the midst of the Watergate furor in the early 1970's, a  Fordham University newspaper learned that President Richard Nixon was invited to speak at the Fordham Preparatory school, located on the University's Bronx campus.

One of Nixon's closest friends, Robert Abplanalp, had attended...

My daughters are finally back to school today, after missing nine days because of superstorm Sandy and then the snowstorm. So, they’ll get one day of instruction today … and then three days off. Why? Because Monday is Veterans Day, and the schools are closed.

This infuriates me. Couldn’t the schools consider opening on Monday because of these extraordinary weather circumstances? It...