Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)

On what looks at best like the cusp of the lean years for his party, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) told NY1's Rita Nissan tonight: "I think we're gonna pick up seats, no doubt about it." Otherwise,......

From his unique perch as Long Island???s lone Republican congressman, Rep. Peter King sees a difference between the trouble his party faces in the region and the electoral peril it confronts across America. ???I think they???re two separate \[problems\].....

Six State Senate Democrats plan on Friday to blast Gov. David A. Paterson???s proposed 4 percent cap on yearly increases in school property taxes minutes before a special session in Albany to vote on the matter. The senators -......

Days after Newsday reported that charities were having a hard time keeping and recruiting volunteers due in part to the rising gas prices, Sen. Charles Schumer called for tax relief for volunteers. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John Ensign (R- NV) announced......

The court case that has knocked Sen. Craig Johnson off the Working Families Party ballot line was brought by a Republican resident of Westbury whose address is also that of a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't civic "committee" -- which sent out letters......

The State Senate???s top party leaders have begun slugging it out in public. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) today criticized Democratic leader Malcolm Smith for allegedly threatening lobbyists at a fundraiser last week. Smith,...

New York's most powerful Republican will probably not find time to attend the national party's gathering in St. Paul week after next. Sources tell Newsday that Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) will be focused in-state on the campaign struggle to keep........

My daughter and I spent Friday night/Saturday morning at the American Museum of Natural History for its "Night at the Museum" program. It was an interesting experience. I recommend it. If you are not spooked by sleeping in a room......

With his Holy Grail of an inclusionary zoning bill seemingly in his grasp at last, Long Island Association president Matt Crosson has been taking no chances -- and wasting no time playing nice with the housing do-gooder community he still......

In a New York Times story earlier this week about yet another owner for Newsday, state Senator Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) was quoted saying: "There???s no question that Newsday dominates... To get a story out, you need to get......