Julianne Welby

The private beach community on Rockaway Peninsula has found a way to avoid opening up its beaches to the public.

The investigation is looking into whether Port Authority Chief David Samson broke any laws when he approved two major bridge contracts.

Here's an explainer about what makes the parade a political hot potato year after year.

Legislative leaders in Albany appear to agree that Mayor Bill de Blasio won't get his tax plan to fund pre-kindergarten and after-school programs.

At the site of the explosion on 116th Street, residents walked around wearing surgical masks and a backhoe filled a dump truck with wreckage.

Department of Correction appointee Joseph Ponte comes to the city from Maine where he built a reputation as a reformer.

It happened in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Wednesday evening, when 26-year old rookie officer James Li and his partner were pursuing a fare evader on a bus, and the man withdrew a gun and fired on Li.

A new auction for cash-strapped LICH in Cobble Hill asks bidders to preserve as many medical services as possible, including a full-service E-R, intensive care, and at least 100 beds.

During his budget address, the Republican governor called pensions an "entitlement," much to the dismay of New Jersey Democrats.

People who care about Ukraine's future are flocking to a shrine on Second Avenue.

More potential conflicts of interest have surfaced for Port Authority Chairman David Samson.

Parents whose children were killed or maimed by vehicles make an emotional plea on City Hall Steps to strengthen the mayor's plan.

A stretch of subzero temperatures is threatening grape crops in the Finger Lakes.

The lingering wet, heavy snow is bogging down more than our moods these days.

Relentless winter weather has meant repeated shoveling and hacking through ice for building owners and deftly traversing snow banks, slush and icy walkways for pedestrians.

Another member of Team NYC makes it to the medal stand.

Looking for a table at a top restaurant? A ticket for an in-demand event? Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Labor contracts, pre-k funding, and a rainy day reserve are some of the x-factors in the mayor's spending plan.

More than 800 turned out to crown a new Brooklyn DA.

WNYC's Tracie Hunte played real-estate roulette in the Mitchell-Lama housing lottery and won, but for now, she's among a shrinking number of New Yorkers who can do so.