Carl Kruger

New York State Sen. Carl Kruger pleaded guilty Tuesday to four criminal counts an influence peddling case. Kruger, who broke down in tears during his plea before a Manhattan federal court judge, is accused of unfairly helping a developer, a lobbyist...

New York State Sen. Carl Kruger was sentenced to 7 years in jail after pleading guilty to four criminal counts in the infamous an influence peddling case. Kruger, 62, said that he was "broken" and said that he had destroyed the lives of those close to...

An SUV carrying State Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. and his 7-year-old son was hit by gunfire as it drove through the Brownsville section of East New York Wednesday night, police sources told PIX 11 News. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. at the...

A windy winter storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on New York City also whipped up criticism about how the city responded to it. Some New Yorkers in the outer boroughs complained that the city took too long to plow their neighborhoods, ignoring them...

There are more angles and issues in this war for State Senate control than lobbyists in the hallways. Depending on how you slice it, the outcome -- in doubt until next week at the earliest -- will hinge on......

The continuing power war has Senators Ruben Diaz Sr. and Carl Kruger reviving their "Gang of Four" hobbies. More on the dynamics of a Senate in which everyone has his own veto, here. Paterson's language is clearly the strongest to......

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. (WPIX) - Thomas Bruckner thought, when he dropped his 2 year old pug-beagle mix off at a Hicksville doggie daycare and spa, that he simply would have to return and pick up his healthy newly groomed pet. But a frantic call last...

Senate Democrats -- absent the "Gang of Four" that is claiming to be an independent caucus -- gathered in Albany today to revel in their new majority status and plan their next moves, esp. on the fiscal crisis. Albany......

Democrats switched two seats in the State Senate yesterday, and now control the body by a 32-30 margin. Or, do they? Much watching today and over the coming days will be devoted to the Gang of Four -- four......

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1) State Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) and his short-lived Gang of Four, who threatened to hijack......

Albany bureau chief Madore reports: Gov. David A. Paterson slammed the so-called ???Gang of Three??? Democratic state senators on Tuesday, accusing them of ???selfishness.??? The senators - incumbents Carl Kruger of Brooklyn and Ruben Diaz Sr. of the...

Democratic Senators Ruben Diaz, Pedro Espada, Carl Kruger and -- until recently -- Hiram Monserrate have done a pretty good job since election day of getting attention with their threat of withholding their votes from the Dems when the......