Arun Venugopal

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in the Bronx on Sunday in opposition to same-sex marriage. The event, which followed a march through the borough's streets, was organized by State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., a long-time opponent of same-sex marriage.

The latest census figures show New York City has far more baby boomers and seniors and fewer children.

State Supreme Court judge Mark Partnow removed another roadblock facing developers of a Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, mosque by denying a preliminary injunction filed by opponents of the project.

One of the city's most prominent Muslim leaders claims he was prevented from boarding two American Airlines flights en route to a conference on Islamophobia last week because of his appearance.

New Yorkers of all faiths are reacting to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with mixed emotions.

Thousands of people poured into Foley Square in downtown Manhattan to rally for labor and immigrant rights, in one dozens of mass demonstrations held on May Day throughout the world.

The number of homeless people living on the streets has gone down from last year, according to figures compiled by the city.

The site of a former gas station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will be the first to be remediated under a new city program meant to speed development of contaminated land across the five boroughs.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Manhattan to protest the detention of renowned artist Ai Weiwei by Chinese authorities, an event that was one of many held in dozens of cities Sunday throughout the world.

All but one of New York City's congressional representatives voted against the stopgap spending measure late Friday night, and several of them said they're unlikely to vote for the budget later this week if it continues to include cuts for popular programs.

The Barclays Center, the 18,500 seat arena at the center of the still-contentious Atlantic Yards project, is slowly taking shape in Brooklyn. Last week, the New Jersey Nets manageme...

A month after Rep. Peter King's congressional hearing on the threat of radicalization among Muslims, a New York state legislator is set to conduct his own related, and controversial hearing. State Senator Gregory Ball of Putnam County will chair the Homeland Security hearing, set to examine terrorism and threats to sensitive sites such as the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

A few weeks ago, Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and one of the most outspoken critics of Islamic groups, said the debate among Muslim organizations, their allies and their opponents was to a large degree "a propaganda war in the information battle space."

As the city plans to challenge what it says are low census numbers by showing that many of the thousands of vacancies – namely in Brooklyn and Queens – were in fact occupied homes, some residents in those areas spoke of an impenetrable "housing underworld" that census workers could not reach.

A group of family members who lost loved ones on September 11 criticized plans to have thousands of unidentified victim remains placed underground at the museum at the former World Trade Center site.

The Bloomberg administration announced plans to officially challenge the U.S. Census Bureau's population count for New York City. The challenge comes in response to the bureau's tally of 8.175 million people within the five boroughs — a headcount about 250,000 below what local officials believe to be accurate.

Muslim groups and elected officials are calling on the NYPD to explain why it allegedly screened a controversial documentary known as "The Third Jihad" for trainees.

The last time world affairs found their way into artist Samuel Mark's work, bed bugs were taking over the city. Mark channeled the collective panic of New Yorkers into a series of works that depicted the critters swarming over mattresses, sofas and other discarded furniture. The series earned the street artist instant notoriety and widespread media coverage.

 

Some New Yorkers are taking to the streets to raise money for disaster relief in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

As officials call for greater scrutiny of the tour bus industry following the deadly Bronx bus crash, a vehicle checkpoint established in the wake of the I-95 wreck that left 15 dead found 100 percent of buses stopped had safety violations