Brigid Bergin

City election workers deployed a new protocol for closing polls and reporting unofficial election results Thursday night following the primaries for state legislative and local offices.

At the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center site, several hundred people gathered Tuesday to commemorate loved ones lost in the terrorist attacks in a tribute that was scaled back compared to years past.

The city’s Board of Elections sounded optimistic about the improved accuracy of its new election night closing procedures ahead of Thursday’s legislative election – but cautioned against hopes of speedier returns.

Four people are dead and four others were wounded in a series of shooting incidents scattered across the city this weekend.

A Manhattan grand jury will begin hearing the details of the NYPD’s shooting death of Jeffrey Johnson near the Empire State Building. While they’ll be weighing in on whether the shoot...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be offering a benediction at the Republican National Convention next week on the same night Mitt Romney will accept his party's nomination for President.

A protest against the controversial natural gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing disrupted a conference attended by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in Manhattan on Wednesday....

The city’s plan to appeal a ruling blocking its five-borough taxi plan may be the most direct route to extending taxi service to the outer boroughs – and keeping the city’s budget balanced.

The New York City Board of Elections defended its performance in the June 26 federal primary election on Wednesday at a five-hour hearing of the City Council Governmental Operations committee.

With a little more than a month before the September 13 primary, the City Council is holding an oversight hearing Wednesday to assess problems that arose with the vote count during the most recent primary in June.

Some New Yorkers are being told that if you have not voted since the 2008 presidential election, you are no longer registered to vote. This type of incorrect voter information has spr...

A bipartisan coalition of 700 mayors continues to press both presidential candidates on their plan to reduce gun violence – the same day another mass shooting is shaking a community in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisc.

Both presidential campaigns are touting the importance of Tuesday’s July fundraising deadline as the race enters the last 100 days. While Mitt Romney was in Europe, President Barack Obama came to New York City Monday night for a big ticket fundraiser at a boutique hotel in the Flatiron District.  The well-heeled attendees arrived expressing enthusiasm, as well as urgency.

The band of thunderstorms that barreled from Bucks County, Pa., across New Jersey and up into the Hudson Valley packed wind speeds that ranged from 60 to 80 mph, downing power l...

When police arrested suspected gunman James Holmes, they recovered four guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition at the scene of the mass shooting in Colorado that left 12 dead. The amount...

While drought conditions exist in large swaths of the country, here in the tri-state region, climate experts say it’s only “abnormally dry.” That may be good news for beach bums, but the heat may “burn” the quantity and the quality of local crops.

Sunbathers sprawling out poolside and swimmers finding relief from the unrelenting city swelter at McCarren Park Pool on a recent afternoon. It wasn't much different at Astoria Pool, ...

The NYC Board of Elections is setting aside its 20th century reporting techniques in favor of something more modern. The board unanimously approved a plan on Tuesday to streamline how it reports results on election night — opting to take advantage of the technology that already exists in the new voting machines. 

The city Board of Elections meets Tuesday to consider whether to change how it reports unofficial election night returns. The board was heavily criticized for failing to report results from all polling precincts on primary night last month in what turned out to be a close race between Congressman Charles Rangel and state Senator Adriano Espaillat.

The Board wants to find a better way to count election night results faster and more accurately – especially ahead of the September primary and November elections when millions of voters will turn out.