Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a news conference Thursday demanding that President Donald Trump "answers" for firing Federal Aviation Administration employees.

According to Gillibrand, 90% of towers already lack air traffic controllers, and positions at two Long Island facilities that control New York’s major airports are 40% unfilled.

After a recent string of high-profile aviation disasters, there are intensifying calls to improve the nation’s air traffic ...

Gillibrand said the Trump Administration should provide information on how many workers were fired, what their roles were, and if there any plans to replace them.

The Social Security Administration has no plans to search for a new hearing office once its White Plains office closes in May ...

Republican House lawmakers from the New York metro area took the unusual step of breaking with their party leader Trump and ...

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

"To say funding for 9/11 first responders is government waste is outrageous and insulting," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

Advocates for survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks say the Trump administration's shakeup of the federal workforce has led to staff reductions at the World Trade Center Health Program.

New York’s senate and congressional delegations agree that federal cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program will hurt survivors of and first responders to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The workers' duties included city immunization efforts, tuberculosis research and preparation for public health emergencies, a health department spokesperson said.

Democratic congressional candidate Blake Gendebien said that, if elected, he expects to join the Congressional Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of House Democrats which has a history of achieving ...