A pair of former governors who resigned in scandal are vying to lead major cities on both sides of the Hudson River — ...

Neighbors and friends were left shocked at the news of the passing of civil rights icon and Harlem legend, which was ...

He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.

Hazel Dukes, a longtime New York City and national civil rights leader, died in her Harlem home on March 1 at 92 years old.

Dukes’ son Ronald Dukes confirmed her death ... “I’ve known Hazel Dukes since 1987 when I worked for David Paterson,” Boykin-Towns said. “I am the vice chair of the NAACP National ...

National civil rights leader and New York City political fixture Hazel Dukes has died. She was 92. She died in her home in ...

The wife of a Sydney businessman who police allege was behind the fake “terror caravan” plot says they separated when he fled ...

She was president of the national N.A.A.C.P. in the early 1990s and headed the organization’s New York State Conference from ...

Hazel Dukes, a longtime civil rights activist and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, died Saturday. She was 92. “It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my mother, Dr ...

Dr. Hazel Dukes, whose neighbor was Rosa Parks growing up, passed away last Saturday morning her son Ronald confirmed in a ...

“It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my mother, Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes at 92 years of age,” her son, Ronald Dukes ... including former Gov. David Paterson, who knew ...