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It's believed 25% of cats in the U.S. are declawed.

There is an old expression: if you come for the king, you best not miss. And for once, those activists and politicians fueled by their furor did not. They bested Cuomo at his own game.

'We totally wiped the floor with the Republicans all over the state,” says state Senator Michael Gianaris, who quarterbacked his party’s election strategy. Here is a closer look at how local Democrats won big in New York.

A broad coalition of lawmakers, activist groups and outraged locals gathered in Long Island City to denounce the Amazon news.

The tax proposal would bring in approximately $800 million annually through a .5 percent increase in income tax on individuals who make over $500,000 and couples making over $1 million.

The entire Queens-bound outer lane will be shuttered from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. nightly.

There are few things in life we can imagine people would want more than a full-throttle, table-dancing, body-shot offering Coyote Ugly-style bikini bar, but apparently that's not always the case.

State Senator Michael Gianaris's legislation would give New York the toughest gun laws in America.

Despite its new speed limit signs, it appears the poorly designed off-ramp traffic flow on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge has caused yet another accident.

Bed bug, meet Lauren Hildebrandt. Have you heard of Lauren Hildebrandt?

From Council candidate Dan Halloran's PaganSpace page, via the Queens Tribune

With Governor Paterson's sinking poll numbers, many suspect Attorney General Andrew