Matthew Schuerman

Aboubacar Dembele, 27, was brought to the U.S. when he was three, his attorneys said. 

The city pulled in personnel from other departments to make emergency repairs to boilers and heating systems because of a severe shortage of its own technicians.

The state health department has counted nearly 12,000 infections — twice as many flu infections so far this season as the previous four years.

Nearly a third of the housing authority's boiler technicians have left their jobs since 2014 and the pipeline to replace them has stalled.

The NTSB finds the railroad agencies have made progress, but they have a way to go, in detecting sleep apnea, the  the cause of two recent crashes.

With Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Democrats are hoping to take over the House come November — and they have a good chance of picking up a few seats in the region.

Federal authorities are threatening to withhold highway funding if the state doesn't take down the signs

Columbia University announced Tuesday it would not bargain with the graduate student union. Instead, the school will bring the dispute to a federal appeals court.

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Without state or federal aid, residents of Verplanck, a small working class Hudson Valley hamlet, could see big tax increases once the nuclear power plant closes.

Shola Olatoye, already under scrutiny for falsely authorizing lead paint inspections, takes another misstep.

Leonia, New Jersey, has closed most of its streets to non-residents after GPS apps discovered it was a shortcut to and from the George Washington Bridge.

A police watchdog group is ready to prosecute, but the NYPD is waiting for the feds to weigh in.

New York City tests its alert system weekly, but on a parallel computer program — which raises other questions.

The recommendations come after a 90-day review of the city's public art, spurred by the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past summer.

Dr. Mitchell Katz plans to shrink the multi-million dollar budget deficit by attracting more paying patients, even if it involves an upfront cost.

Road salt and slush make for an electrifying combination.

They may help New Yorkers catch a ride, but a new report suggests ride-hailing apps are slowing the city down. We just don't know how much.

The New York City Housing Authority is inspecting twice as many apartments where children live for lead paint than in the past.

Officials say just 19 kids with high lead levels got them from paint in their apartments. But they don't mention all the cases where inspectors have not found a cause of contamination.