Amy Eddings

New York, NY —

Following his apology for driving drunk, Congressman Vito Fossella admitted earlier today that he had a child with a woman who is not his wife, Laura Fay, who bailed him out of jail. Fossella, who is married with 3 children, represents the 13th congressional district. ...

New York, NY —

Scores of protestors are demonstrating near busy traffic points to urge federal prosecutors to file a civil rights lawsuit against the three detectives acquitted in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell.

At the NYPD police headquarters, near the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, civil rights activist ...

New York, NY —

There were widepread protests this afternoon against the acquittal of three police detectives in the fatal police shooting of Sean Bell. The protests focused on busy traffic points, like the entrance to the Holland Tunnel and the approach ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge in lower ...

New York, NY —

The Police - the band, not the NYPD - say they'll play their final concert sometime this summer, in New York City.

The band, which reunited for a 30th anniversary tour last year, says it has a special connection to the city...saying it kicked off its ...

New York, NY —

Signs of a deepening housing crisis in New York City -- an on-line real estate service, Realty Trac, says foreclosures are up 34 percent for the first three months of this year.

A spokesman for the company says those figures could jump even higher, because New ...

New York, NY —

Sean Bell's family and supporters continue to press for a federal civil rights probe into the fatal police shooting of the unarmed black man, following last week's acquittal of three undercover cops in the incident.

They and Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks are hosting Michigan Democratic Congressman ...

New York, NY —

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton vows to continue his fight for the family of Sean Bell and the victims of the police shooting that took Bell's life. Speaking at his Harlem headquarters, Sharpton says he'll meet Monday with Congressman John Conyers, head of the House ...

New York, NY —

A restaurant trade group is once again seeking a temporary injunction to stop the city's new calorie posting rule from going into effect.

The New York State Restaurant Association is seeking a stay from a federal appellate court. Last week, a lower court judge declined the ...

New York, NY —

New York's Governor, David Paterson, has ordered a halt to all but essential hires.

In a sternly worded directive to state agencies, the governor says if his cost savings targets aren't met, he will impose a hard hiring freeze. He also says he's willing to withhold ...

New York, NY —

Authorities at JFK Airport will now have the ability to peer beneath a passenger's clothing to detect concealed weapons.

A body scanner was installed today at a single checkpoint at the airport. Los Angeles's airport also got one of the new machines, in a pilot program.

The ...

New York, NY —

Con Edison is investigating what prompted low-voltage cables beneath a Midtown manhole to smolder, prompting a fire, and an explosion of the manhole cover.

No one was hurt in the early morning incident, but 33 residents at five small apartment buildings were forced out of their ...

New York, NY —

Picket lines formed again outside ten Roman Catholic high schools in the city and its suburbs, just days before Pope Benedict is to arrive for a three day visit.

The strike, by the Lay Faculty Association, forced three high schools in Manhattan -- Maria Regina, Cardinal ...

New York, NY —

An Upper East Side construction worker has died in a nine-story fall. Borough President Scott Stringer says the site has a history of safety violations.

Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster says it appears a nylon safety strap failed while the worker was installing windows at the apartment ...

New York, NY —

Nine days past the budget deadline, state lawmakers passed spending bills on a budget agreement that increases spending, despite what Gov. David Paterson has deemed an economic recession. The budget is similar to the proposal put forward by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer before he resigned.

Paterson ...

New York, NY —

A new air traffic "czar" was named today to help solve chronic delays at Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports. Marie Kennington-Gardiner was named director of the Federal Aviation Administration's New York Integration Office. Delays at the three metro-area airports often cause delays across the ...

New York, NY —

The day after the state assembly refused to take up congestion pricing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the proposal would have passed had it been put to a vote. After a speech in Washington on the environment, he explained that since every bill that gets ...

New York, NY —

The New York Civil Liberties Union says the NYPD cannot be expected to police itself, and it's urging the city to give the independent Civilian Complaint Review Board the power to prosecute police misconduct cases.

This, after reports that the NYPD refused to file charges against ...

New York, NY —

The defense attorneys for former Newark Mayor Sharpe James rested, after their client refused to take the stand in his federal corruption case.

The 72-year-old former mayor is accused of improperly using his position to steer city owned properties to a former girlfriend at deep discounts ...

New York, NY —

Isiah Thomas is out, as president of the New York Knicks, at least.

New president Donnie Walsh, introduced today to the media, says he will wait a few days to decide whether to keep Thomas on as coach. Walsh, the former CEO of the Indiana Pacers, ...

New York, NY —

A criminal prosecutor says former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered the dirty tricks scandal to discredit Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, but Albany DA David Soares is not calling for any indictment of Spitzer.

Soares says his second investigation of Troopergate finds former Spitzer aide ...