The Associated Press

Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood insurance, complicate post-Sandy rebuilding for some and confront others with the choice of building higher or paying considerably more for insurance.

A wayward dolphin that swam into a polluted canal on Friday died before high tide, marine experts said.

Governor Chris Christie says New Jersey is adopting the advisory flood maps released last month by the federal government to help guide rebuilding following Sandy.

Two men accused of shooting a New York City police officer to death in a botched Brooklyn robbery are on trial for murder.

A religious counselor in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community who was convicted of molesting a 12-year-old girl has been sentenced to 103 years in prison.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling on the nation's mayors to pressure members of Congress to support President Barack Obama's gun violence proposals, saying "we know what it's like and they don't."

Police say they have arrested the mother of a 7-year-old Queens boy who brought a gun and ammunition to school in his backpack.

Two separate incidents at a Manhattan subway station left one man dead and another man with injuries.

Facing a certain backlash from Washington and beyond, American International Group won't join a shareholder lawsuit against the U.S. government.

An appeals court says public opinion must almost always be included when federal regulators consider granting safety exemptions to nuclear power plants.

A federal judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to stop making trespass stops outside certain privately owned Bronx buildings without reasonable suspicion.

Although the full aid commitment is expected to be much more, the measure could boost prospects for relief for the many home and business owners devastated by the storm.

A wounded New York City police officer has left the hospital, while another two were recovering Friday, hours after being shot in separate incidents that left one suspect dead and four under arrest.

The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.

Authorities say a New York City couple has been arrested on weapons charges after a substance used to make bombs and papers titled "The Terrorist Encyclopedia" were found in their Greenwich Village apartment.

A woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime.

New York City's murder rate is expected to hit a record low this year, and shootings are at their lowest point in at least 18 years.

A mumbling woman pushed a 46-year-old man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday night, the second time this month someone has been killed in such nightmarish fashion, police said.

A New York City hospital that evacuated hundreds of patients after losing power during Sandy has partially reopened.

A wildlife official says an endangered whale has died after getting stranded on a beach in a coastal enclave of New York City.