Every Halloween, New York City turns into a stage for one of its most exciting traditions, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Crowds fill Sixth Avenue dressed as ghosts, ghouls, and all kinds of ...

Photos taken of Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) while in college nearly 20 years ago show him wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume portraying pop star Michael Jackson, The New York Times ...

Freshman GOP Rep. Mike Lawler said Thursday he let his enthusiasm as a Michael Jackson “super fan” get the best of him after old photos of him posing as the “Thriller” hitmaker while in blackface at a ...

WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume in 2006, according to reporting by the New York Times. Lawler is a first-term Republican who is in a competitive ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler acknowledged that he darkened his face as part of a Michael Jackson Halloween costume, which he called an “homage,” after The New York Times reported Thursday that ...

Washington — Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican in a tight race for reelection, apologized for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume when he was in college. A photo of Lawler's ...

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler says he’s sorry for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume when he was in college nearly two decades ago. The first-term Westchester lawmaker, who’s locked ...