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A jury heard opening statements in the retrial of a city councilman accused of cheating the city out of more than a million dollars in city funds.

The court date for the confessed killer of a schoolboy who vanished from a New York City street 33 years ago is being postponed for three months as authorities and his lawyer continue to investigate.

There may be a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast and a call in Texas last month, officials said Wednesday.

A company that runs many halfway houses in New Jersey where reports of abuse are rampant told WNYC that claims some inmates request to return to prison because they fear for their safety in the privately run facilities is “ludicrous.”

Enthusiasm for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sugary drinks appears to have bubbled over.

The outgoing parks commissioner on Tuesday shook off criticism about his backing of public-private partnerships — a model that has helped facilitate projects such as the High Line and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The author of a new President Barack Obama biography said he found in his research that the commander in chief’s memoir sometimes “distorts to make a point.”

A former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to watch his gay roommate kiss another man was released from jail after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence on Tuesday.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers have agreed on legislation to strengthen the way the state treats New Yorkers with special needs and disabilities, a system marred by decades of abuse and death.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday said he supports National Park involvement at the September 11 Memorial and Museum.

Leave your cell phones at home. That was the suggestion Mayor Michael Bloomberg had for school kids who pay to store their mobile devices while they are in school.

The cost of Governor Chris Christie’s ambitious plan to reconfigure Rutgers University in Newark, New Brunswick and Camden will be revealed Monday.

Months before his shocking death this weekend, Rodney King told WNYC that the weight of being the face of racial injustice “took a toll on him” — and that despite his public battle with substance abuse, he was not completely sober.

Governor Chris Christie demanded stepped-up inspections of the state's halfway houses following a report that found lax oversight, escapes and widespread use of violence and drugs were common at many privately run facilities in New Jersey.

A New Jersey jail warden says the former Rutgers student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his roommate will likely be released from prison Tuesday after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence.

An ex-Goldman Sachs board member accused of insider trading was convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud on Friday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he’d take offense at the City Council’s anti-sex trafficking bill passed earlier this week meant to stop cabbies from ferrying prostitutes to meet their clients.  

It's not clear yet whether the officer fired his weapon intentionally to stop the woman from running him over with the car, or if it was discharged accidentally in the struggle.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama got a first hand look at the skyscraper being built at the site of the World Trade Center.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, unveiling a redevelopment plan for Willets Point, said the desolate area near Citi Field was the inspiration for the dump depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.”