As a lobbyist in New York's statehouse, Stephen Acquario is doing pretty well. He pulls down $204,000 a year, gets a Ford Explorer as his company car and is afforded another special perk: he is entitled to a full state pension.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "tax-free" program for businesses may not be so free for New Yorkers after all.

The New York state comptroller wants President Obama to order federal agencies and programs around the country to recognize gay marriages performed in New York.

Several labor unions say more than $400,000 in contributions by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. since 2010 helped bring about the creation of an unusual taxpayer-paid subsidy last month to help employers offset a higher minimum wage in New York.

From California to New York, teacher and public-worker retirement funds are reconsidering their investments in gun makers.

New York state has shredded some bureaucracy to speed the payment of insurance claims to 360,000 victims of Superstorm Sandy, while creating an online system to grade insurers whose state licenses are on the line as they respond to New Yorkers.

Advocates for the working poor on Monday urged New York's government leaders who are poised to raise their salaries in coming weeks to also raise the minimum wage and replenish food banks for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

New York taxpayers paid more than $5 million in the last two years to settle more than a dozen sexual harassment cases against state workers, according to records obtained Thursday.