Sam Hoyt

New York's legislative primaries, usually not terribly exciting, will be different on Tuesday. These intramural contests will help set the odds on whether Republicans will keep their decades-long rule in the Senate come November and show whether the...

ALBANY - A state lawmaker said he has apologized to his family for a "painful but private matter" in his marriage following the publication this week of steamy e-mails he reportedly exchanged with a woman who worked for the State Legislature. The brewing...

The New York Assembly's Ethics Committee is investigating claims that a married lawmaker exchanged sexually explicit e-mails from 2003 to 2005 with a legislative employee. The accusation against Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, a Buffalo Democrat seeking re-...

Billionaire B. Thomas Golisano and his political funding committee that aims to reform New York state government has endorsed 22 Republicans for the GOP-dominated Senate and 25 Democrats who hope to take the majority in the fall elections. Among...

As partners in the Democrats??? drive to take the state Senate, the state Working Families Party has endorsed on Long Island Democrats Brian Foley, Kristen McElroy and Sen. Craig Johnson. In the Assembly, the party included five Republicans among its........