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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York and Polymarket are headed for a legal showdown, with the state suing the platform for running an "unlicensed gambling" scheme and the multi-billion dollar company firing back with its own legal challenge.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his military action in Gaza in a defiant speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, and attacked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of antisemitism and inciting violence against Jews.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Another foreign national has been indicted on terrorism charges in New York and is now facing justice after evading U.S. authorities for more than a decade.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A second federal judge has put the kibosh on New York's climate superfund law, ruling that the plan to charge fossil fuel companies for their alleged role in global warming is unconstitutional.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly Thursday amid an escalating public dispute with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York and its municipalities top the nation’s top taxers and highest spenders, according to a new watchdog report, which renews calls for the state's political leaders to hold the line on taxes.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York’s mobile betting sports books continue to rake in money from the multi-billion dollar industry five years after its launch, which bodes well for the state's tax coffers.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York is leading a coalition of Northeast states in suing the Trump administration to block agreements with two energy companies that would scrap several offshore wind projects, claiming taxpayer money is being used to pay off the companies.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) – Two men accused of staging automobile crashes in New York City have received their prison sentences as new reforms proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul are implemented.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at Gracie Mansion on Monday, telling reporters at a press conference after the closed-door meeting they discussed housing, immigration and the Big Apple's cost of living crisis.
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