Vaughn Golden

5 days ago | nypost.com | Carl Campanile |Priscilla DeGregory |Peter Senzamici |Vaughn Golden

A former state employee who accused Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment clinched a $450,000 settlement — with taxpayers set to foot the massive bill as the former governor makes a comeback bid for New York City mayor. Charlotte Bennett, a former assistant to Cuomo when he was governor, on Friday officially ended her lawsuit against the Empire State.

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Priscilla DeGregory |Vaughn Golden |Peter Senzamici |Carl Campanile |Matt Troutman

A former state employee who accused Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment clinched a $450,000 settlement — with taxpayers set to foot the massive bill as the former governor makes a comeback bid for New York City mayor. Charlotte Bennett, who served as an assistant to Cuomo when he was governor, officially ended a long-running lawsuit Friday against the Empire State.

6 days ago | nypost.com | Vaughn Golden |Matt Troutman

President Trump booted the MTA from the long-awaited redesign of Penn Station on Thursday, instead putting the feds in charge of a gold-plated makeover for the decrepit transit hub. Amtrak will spearhead the revamp as the feds champion a “public-private partnership model,” announced Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. “President Trump has made it clear: the days of reckless spending and blank checks are over,” Duffy said in a statement.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Vaughn Golden |Hannah Fierick |Matt Troutman

Let’s make a whatever-you-call-it. Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged Wednesday that lawmakers had reached a breakthrough in negotiations to revamp the state’s discovery laws — even as she insisted it didn’t count as a “deal.”The governor instead opted for wonky jargon, describing the end of a budget stalemate revealed the day before by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) as a “conceptual agreement” different from a done deal.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Vaughn Golden

ALBANY — What an eggs-aggeration. Gov. Kathy Hochul complained she couldn’t afford eggs for an annual Easter event even though she and her husband raked in more than $1 million last year, tax returns show. Hochul shelled out the bizarre claim during an interview on Spectrum’s “Inside City Hall” on Monday, where she bashed President Trump for skyrocketing prices for eggs and other goods.