Long Islanders came out in droves Jan. 21 to slam the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) proposals to fix its mounting budget woes. FULL STORY

New York State Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Michael Balboni has resigned his post. On Jan. 23, Mr. Balboni told Anton Newspapers that he chose to step down from public life to head the New York operations of Navigators Global, a firm billed as a "bipartisan, full-service government relations and strategic communications consulting firm." FULL STORY