NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. The as yet untitled nonfiction film by director Alex Gibney, whose "Taxi to the Dark Side" won an Oscar for its exploration of U.S ...

The arm of the New York State Police that guards governors and state offices is once again fending off allegations that it doubles as a political goon squad, hijacked by state officials for political dirty deeds from snitching on lawmakers involved in indiscretions to spying on political enemies ...

New York Governor David Paterson on Friday withdrew his election bid after coming under huge pressure not to run over an abuse-of-office scandal. Paterson, a Democrat who took office in 2008 after then-governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal, said he would not stand in elections this November. "Today I am announcing I am ending my campaign for governor ...