Beth Fertig

New Yorkers approved a statewide measure to borrow $2.9 billion for transportation projects.

Also on the ballot today are two statewide questions, giving New Yorkers a say on transportation funding and the state budget.

Opponents and supporters of Proposition Numbers 1 and 2 have been campaigning to draw attention to these proposals. 

Michael Bloomberg has made reforming the public schools a major theme of his mayoralty.

Now that MTA board members have endorsed a holiday fare reduction, some fear New Yorkers may be less inclined to vote in favor of a ballot initiative to borrow more money for transit.

New York voters get to decide next month whether the state will borrow billions of dollars for transportation projects ranging from subways to highways. 

Mayor Bloomberg's new stance that Lower Manhattan's redevelopment should be revised has provoked some strong reactions.

Despite revisions following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky claims the city's emergency evacuation plan is still inadequate. 

A City Council commission has detailed how the Department of Education could spend a windfall of billions of dollars it's expecting from the state.

Political leaders are ramping up support for the Transportation Bond Act, which goes to the voters next month.

There's a fierce race for the job of Manhattan Borough President.

Mayor Bloomberg visited three schools to mark the first day of city classes.

It's the first day of class for New York City public students. 

A new report finds city classes are getting smaller, at least in the lower grades.

Since the July bombings in the London transit system, New Yorkers have been reminded of the real potential for a similar attack in the subways.

Relief agencies say frustrated New Yorkers who want to help the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina should stick with sending cash, and not try to assist in person.

The Fire Department has added subway cars to its training academy on Randall's Island, in an effort to get all new recruits ready to work underground.

Almost seven thousand third and fifth graders who were in danger of being held back, will now move on to the next grade after passing summer school.

Mayoral Candidate C. Virginia Fields has been in government for more than 15 years, as a City Councilmember from Harlem and as the current Manhattan Borough President. 

The New York City Fire Department today released almost five hours of dispatch tapes from the 2001 September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.