Controversies

Governor Cuomo's office says the New York governor would sign the bill if it passes; reaction from New York City Councilman Joe Borelli.

Florida Republican Rick Scott claimed Friday night that his Democratic opponent and his attorneys were “going to do everything they can to steal” the election for the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate seat.

Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum apparently broke state law by using city funds when he was mayor Tallahassee for a private round-trip flight to meet campaign donors, new documents released as part of a state ethics probe show.

A resident of Irvine, Calif., running for a city council seat has come under scrutiny for his alleged practice of dropping off his 86-year-old disabled mother to panhandle on local sidewalks.

Both houses of New Jersey's state legislature on Monday voted to commence a special commission to look into why a campaign aide to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy scored a plum job in his administration despite an accusation he raped a woman in an apartment last year.

Ed Pawlowski, the former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for rigging city contracts in order to raise cash for his campaigns for higher office.

Gillum, the Democratic candidate for Florida governor, accepted tickets to the Broadway musical "Hamilton" from an undercover FBI agent in the summer of 2016.

Allegheny County Democratic Party member Mark Salvas says he was asked to resign due to his 'I stand for the flag' post on Facebook.