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In his new budget for the coming fiscal year, Mayor Bloomberg is proposing major cuts across-the-board: lay-offs for thousands of teachers, closures for dozens of senior centers and firehouses, reduced hours for libraries and more. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg laid out ...

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A suspicious cooler turned up in Times Square today a block from where a failed bomb was found last weekend. By the afternoon, the NYPD bomb squad had given the all-clear; police found water bottles and books inside the cooler.

It was the second ...

While we're all celebrating the capture of the alleged would-be Times Square bomber, there's story of another bomber that has been lost in the mix. This bomber successfully detonated a bomber in Times Square, in front of an army recruiting station back in 2008. He is also suspected of setting off explosives in front of the U.K. and Mexican Consulates in New York City. Why has this man not been caught? WNYC's Bob Hennelly has been following this story and knows the answer.

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Mayor Bloomberg will introduce today the city's budget for the next fiscal year. As WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, the announcement comes against a backdrop of uncertainty, both from the local economy, and from an unresolved state budget in Albany.

REPORTER: The mayor will say he's confident ...

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The attempted bombing of Times Square has sparked a debate about how best to protect the city and the nation. The investigation has led to the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, but there have been several cases in recent years, where bombs actually went off in ...

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After just four months in office, New Jersey Governor Christie is in a standoff with Senate President Steven Sweeney. As WNYC's Bob Hennelly tells us, it's over the governor's nominee to the state's highest court.

REPORTER: Judges serve seven years and then have always been re-appointed ...

Federal authorities arrested a suspect allegedly responsible for a car bomb that was left to detonate in New York's Times Square on Saturday. The 30-year-old man, Faisal Shahzad was apprehended while trying to board an airplane to Dubai. NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Paul Browne explains the arrest.

Federal authorities arrested an American citizen of Pakistani origin, who is alleged to be behind the failed bomb attempt at Times Sq. on Saturday. Faisal Shahzad is a 30-year-old man living in Bridgeport, Conn. He was arrested early Tuesday morning as he tried to board a plane at New York's Kennedy airport.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have arrested a suspect in this weekend's failed car bombing in Times Square. Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, was taken into custody at JFK International Airport around midnight as he was preparing to fly out ...

Police have spoken to the registered owner of the vehicle used as a homemade car bomb in the heart of Times Square, and say they have ruled him out as a suspect in the case.

WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly  and Arun Venugopal discuss the emerging details of Saturday evening's failed bombing attempt in Times Square, from the mysterious CT license plates; the hero street vendors and mounted police; and the newly-released surveillance video of a person of interest.

→ Were you in Times Square on Saturday evening? What did you see and hear on the ground? Tell us your story here.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday that the bomb found in an S.U.V. Saturday evening in Times Square was amateurish and flawed, but could have been deadly.

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The city's police department and the FBI are reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance tape from before and after the discovery of the rigged Nissan Pathfinder that was set to explode in the heart of Times Square on Saturday night. Both Police Commissioner Ray Kelly ...

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The city could breathe a passing sigh of relief, as the NYPD bomb squad disabled an improvised explosive device in a parked SUV in Times Square over the weekend. Now police are trying to track down the person who left the rigged vehicle with the ...

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Last night the New York Police Department successfully disabled what Police Commissioner Ray Kelly a crude "improvised explosive" car device that had been left in the heart of Times Square. At 6:28 p.m., a T-shirt street vendor working in Times Square alerted a NYPD mounted ...

The battle over Governor Christie's proposed cuts to New Jersey school budgets is heating up, and now the students themselves are involved.  WNYC's Bob Hennelly breaks down the latest, and New Jersey college freshman Michelle Lauto discusses the large high-school student walk-out she helped organize over Facebook on Tuesday.

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New York’s $9.2 billion budget deficit is expected to balloon to $15 billion next year, according to Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch.

Speaking to a midtown audience of real estate developers, Ravitch said he does not expect the state to reach a budget deal any time soon, ...

While Democrats statewide wait for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to announce whether he plans to run for governor, five Democrats are already hard at work trying to win his current job.

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While Democrats statewide wait for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to announce whether he plans to run for governor, the Democrats who want his job are already hard at work.

This Friday five attorney general hopefuls face their first test at the Democratic Rural Conference ...