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The recommendation comes after the engineer in September's deadly New Jersey commuter train crash was found to have the fatigue-inducing condition known as sleep apnea.

MTA board members are expected to vote on the proposals in January following a series of public meetings on the increases.

New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski sent an email on Tuesday declaring, "I'm running for governor," and called for policies that work for "everyone in our state."

New York state legislators now make $79,500 a year for what is technically a part-time job. A state commission appointed to study a possible raise will announce its conclusion tomorrow.

The protesters rallied at New York's Union Square on Saturday before picking up steam and taking their cause into the street and to Trump Tower.

The gravelly-voiced Canadian-born musician, best known for his songs "Hallelujah" and "Bird on a wire," was also a poet and aspiring Zen monk. A memorial will be held in Los Angeles.

The state Local Finance Board voted Wednesday to take over the city's main governmental functions after the state rejected a proposed five-year financial turnaround plan.

Republicans fought off attempts by state Democrats to take hold of the New York state senate, and they fared quite well in congressional races, too.

The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. in a building on East 93rd Street in Manhattan's Yorkville neighborhood.

WildlifeNYC is a collaboration that includes ways for residents to report wild animal sightings as well as programs where people can learn more about the animals.

New York state enacted one of the nation's toughest restrictions on Airbnb on Friday with a new law authorizing fines of up to $7,500 for many short-term rentals.

A man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York, injuring more than 30, was arraigned Thursday on charges he tried to kill police officers in New Jersey.

Christie on Tuesday for the first time publicly addressed what Trump has described as "locker room talk" during an appearance on New York City sports radio station WFAN-AM.

Federal investigators also released new information Thursday gleaned from a data recorder and video from a forward-facing camera in the front of the train.

In a statement, Sweeney says it's clear fellow Democrat Phil Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive, has substantial support from Democratic leaders.

Conductor Neville Marriner, 92, who led the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to become one of the world's most-recorded classical music groups, has died.

Fabiloa Bittar De Kroon, 34, worked for the software company SAP in its legal department in Brazil until earlier this year, when she moved to New Jersey.

17-year-old department veteran was responding to a report of a gas leak.

Locked in an exceedingly close White House race, the presidential rivals tangled for 90-minutes over their vastly different visions for the nation's future.

The federal investigation into Gov. Cuomo's "Buffalo Billions" initiative has yielded bribery and fraud charges against nine people — including a former top aide to the governor.