Every Monday and Friday, members of an informal group called Retired Old Men Eating Out gather at the Silver Star Restaurant on the Upper East Side to discuss politics.

Every Monday and Friday, members of an informal group called Retired Old Men Eating Out gather at the Silver Star Restaurant on the Upper East Side to discuss politics.

Senator Joseph L. Bruno is likely to get a significant raise from New York State by retiring.

Senator Joseph L. Bruno, who led the State Senate for 14 years, is likely to get a significant raise from New York State by retiring.

Senator Joseph L. Bruno, who led the State Senate for 14 years, is likely to get a significant raise from New York State by retiring.

For 31 years, on the second Saturday in June, dozens of men and women who lived in the Van Cortlandt Village section of the Bronx in the 1940s and 1950s play stickball at their old school, P.S. 95.

Of the city’s roughly 4,000 sergeants, none has held the rank longer than Sgt. Andrew P. McGoey, who will turn in his badge on Monday.

Albany legislators failed to disclose that an expert who advised them was paid by unions that would benefit.

Albany legislators failed to disclose that an expert who advised them on laws enriching state employee retirement plans was bankrolled by the unions that benefited.

Albany legislators failed to disclose that an expert who advised them on laws enriching state employee retirement plans was bankrolled by the unions that benefited.