Harlem congressman Charles Rangel apologized Monday for a cringe-worthy crack that President Obama ought to watch his back on the streets of Harlem. ...
All of the city's young digerati will be Twittering about Internet Week New York starting Monday....
A Brooklyn bishop accused of using his bully pulpit to blackmail legislators over a molestation bill he opposes said he has no plans to repent. ...
ALBANY - The state Senate's biggest advocate for gay marriage boasted Monday he has the votes to make it legal in New York....
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer fed his insatiable appetite for high-priced call girls by frolicking with them in swanky hotels in at least three states, a ...
New York City public school students showed large gains on state math tests this year, particularly in the middle school grades, and black and Hispani...
Christopher J. Christie, a former prosecutor who sent a parade of corrupt New Jersey politicians to prison, handily won the Republican nomination for ...
The Bloomberg administration has backed down on a plan to charge a 5-cent fee on plastic shopping bags and to add sales tax on all clothing purchases ...
It isn't very often that the real estate market sees a convergence of three great conditions that make for a true buyers' market: low interest rates, ...
Outside the old Yankee Stadium, fans young and old would gather along barricades near the players' entrance, waiting for a chance to get the most cove...
As members of the New York State Senate ponder whether to hold a vote on legalizing gay marriage before the current legislative session expires, an ex...
A jury took less than seven hours Wednesday to convict ex-con bar bouncer Darryl Littlejohn of the 2006 rape and first-degree murder of grad student I...
Despite a frightening start in Mexico, swine flu has not proved to be a particularly deadly threat. Two more people in New York have died from the swi...
An eight-teacher dream team has been lured to an innovative charter school that will open in Washington Heights in September. They will get salaries t...
Citing financial concerns, the developer of the long-delayed Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn has scrapped plans for a Frank Gehry-designed $1 billi...
NEW ROCHELLE - A middle school security guard who officials said exercised "poor judgment" in trying to confiscate sexually explicit cell phone pictur...
The New York Observers delivers its annual list of the 100 most powerful people in New York real estate....
A Manhattan man is accused of threatening to blow up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to help his girlfriend avoid going to federal prison, prose...
he state's ticket-scalping laws were in chaos Thursday after Gov. Paterson balked at signing a bill to extend the current rules on markups for 50 week...
After a shaky first hundred days, Kirsten Gillibrand, the junior senator from New York, is trying to start over....
Sarah Palin visited New York City, where she joined Rudy Giuliani for Yankees game ...
An overwhelming number of schools participating in a controversial program that pays kids for good grades saw huge boosts -- up to nearly 40 percentag...
Confidence is what a patient wants to feel when choosing a doctor. New York Magazine's twelfth annual Best Doctors list--1,107 names in 66 specialties...
SHIRLEY, N.Y. — A New York convenience store owner who made headlines after showing mercy on a would-be robber has been accused of selling drug ...
