April Fools Day can be a stressful day for many, between the Improv Everywhere faux-attack videos and the actually-not-so-ridiculous dog highchairs. It must be especially tough for politicians, who are used to receiving lots of strange mail on a good day. Assembly Democratic Speaker Sheldon Silver was one of a handful of politicians to receive one such rambling, threatening email today, and as with everything today, police weren't sure how seriously to take it. more ›

Lehman Bros. Holding still owes the state $1.2 billion and the city $627 million in back taxes and interest, and Brooklyn Assemblyman William Colton wants to make sure we get every penny. He wrote state Tax Commissioner Jamie Woodward, asking him to fight for New York in the settlement, saying, "I would find it to be an egregious act of negligence for the state and city tax departments to not proactively collect the claims that have been filed against this entity." He said the state should collect 44 cents on the dollar, which would earn the state almost half a billion dollars. That would be half a billion down, just nine more to go! more ›

Disagreements over building a waste transfer station along the waterfront of Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn raised the possibility of dredging up more than just your standard pollution because possibly hundreds of tons of high explosives may be lurking underneath! more ›