Political scandals are nothing new in New York. Below is a list of high-ranking New York officials who have resigned in the wake of scandal.

With his resignation announcement on Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo joins a club of scandal-scarred New York politicians that is neither small nor exclusive. The Democrat said he will step down on Aug ...

The state has expensed more than $20.5 million for the legal defense of Andrew Cuomo and several officials who worked in the ...

New York City's Democratic mayoral primary pits Andrew Cuomo against rising progressive Zohran Mamdani in a race that could signal the Democratic Party's post-Trump direction.

New York City's municipal races are bringing disgraced politicians back into the limelight, with multiple candidates seeking a political comeback and raising the question of whether voters will give ...

It’s the one question that’s not really been addressed during this dubious week for New York legislators: How is it that so many — from Pedro Espada to Larry Seabrook to Malcolm Smith to ...

In the past decade, more than 30 current or former state officeholders in New York have been convicted of crimes, sanctioned or otherwise accused of serious wrongdoing. Here are some of them.

New York is embroiled in political controversy after former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was indicted on federal corruption charges and subsequently resigned just two months before the state’s ...

Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a ...

Huge scandals have surrounded top officials in New York State government in recent years. In March of 2008, Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned. It came just days after the world found out Spitzer had ...

After a year or so of relative calm, New York’s political world was shaken by the federal indictment of New York City Mayor Adams. While the action was not altogether unexpected – the Mayor ...