Politics

The jury has been selected for Sheldon Silver's retrial on federal corruption charges.

There have been complications in the retrial of former Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver.

The retrial of former Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges is set to begin next week.

A new political club has been created in Lower Manhattan called New Downtown Dems, and its organizers have scheduled a launch event for next week.

A high profile member of Community Board 3 has gone to work for City Councilmember Margaret Chin. Beginning this week, Gigi Li is deputy chief of staff and district office director for the Lower Manhattan representative.

Where should the boss take you for lunch on your first day on the job? Katz's Deli, of course.

It wasn't even 8 a.m. when a direct message came in via Twitter from Suraj Patel. "Hey y'all, let's sit down next week?," asked the youthful Congressional candidate and East 12th Street resident.

A federal judge yesterday rejected Sheldon Silver's latest attempt to avoid a spring retrial.

Huge crowds are expected in Washington, D.C. Saturday, March 24 to take part in March for Our Lives, a rally initiated by the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We heard the other day...

The Lower East Side's new state senator, Brian Kavanagh, is helping to lead a coalition in Albany in support of new gun control laws.