Governor David A. Paterson signed into law legislation sponsored by Assembly Banking Chairman Darryl Towns, Assemblyman Tom Alfano and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos addressing critical subprime lending reforms, which directly addresses the mortgage crisis in New York State. FULL STORY

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy is confident the U.S. economy will recover from its recession, but things might get worse before they get better as she predicted oil consumers, this winter, may be paying double what they paid last winter. FULL STORY