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One of these days you'll read something here about a big international bank doing something wonderful for mankind. Sadly, today is not that day.

The news today is that New York's top banking cop, Ben Lawsky (his official title is Superintendent of Financial Services), is threatening to revoke the state banking license of Standard Chartered Plc, a global banking giant based in London, for allegedly...

The City of Yonkers is facing so many challenges with its finances, schools and other basics, so one does really have to wonder why a grass-roots organization wants to extend term limits for members of the mayor and City Council.

With an officially ho-hum name like the Committee for Term Limit Consistency (say it 10 times and you might just nod-off), this group on Monday announced its efforts...

After taking a drubbing over the likelihood of increasing tolls on the Tappan Zee Bridge to $14, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called in air support over the weekend.

Three former Westchester County executives and several state and local lawmakers from Rockland came out to Tarrytown on Sunday to support the governor’s efforts to build a new bridge, and to say they backed his plan to pay for it: With...

A new study released last week makes the clear case for why Congress won’t be overturning the Defense of Marriage Act anytime soon, if one delves into the numbers a bit.

According to a June poll by CNN, 54 percent of Americans now support legalized gay marriage. A recent Pew poll put the number at 48 percent., with 44 percent opposed.

The study this week by the group Human Rights campaign...

In the wake of the Colorado theater massacre, a debate has begun raging on whether the University of Colorado’s “threat assessment team” failed in not stopping alleged shooter James E. Holmes.

But it’s the fact that universities even have to have threat assessment teams to sniff out such issues that makes us feel we’ve catapulted into some sort of violent, dystopian fantasy world.

Several...

For, me, so far, there are two big lessons in the mysterious alleged drowning disappearance, and apparent “resurfacing” (get it) of Massapequa’s Raymond Roth, 47.

*If, having lost your job and put your house on the market, you decide to flee your wife and life and fake your own death, you need a really tight plan.

*Santee, South Carolina, has a police chief? I’ve been to Santee (I hail...

One year after an agreement for deep spending cuts ended the federal government’s bitter debt ceiling crisis, the legislation that consummated the deal is an orphan. Seems nobody wants to take responsibility as the time nears for the hatchet to fall on defense and domestic programs.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are accusing one another...

Who knew U.S. Olympic medalists rack up prize money along with their victories, and that those modest winnings are taxable? Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for one, and he wants Congress to call off the IRS.

His Olympic Tax Elimination Act would make the prize money from the U.S. Olympic Committee — $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze — exempt from federal income taxes....