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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is planning to investigate the securities firm headed by former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs chief Jon Corzine. The firm, MF Global, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. 

The Department of Environmental Protection said a nut linking a fuel injector and a pump may have led to a four-alarm fire at a Harlem wastewater treatment plant in July. The fire led to the dumping of millions of gallons of sewage into the Hudson River.

Bank of America has scrapped plans to levy a $5 a month fee on debit card users, following public outcry.

Forty-five people in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox communities in Williamsburg and Borough Park have contracted a mild infectious disease called shigella since August, according to city health officials.

The group charged with overhauling the state’s Medicaid program meets Tuesday to approve a long list of measures to reduce costs and improve care.

Occupy Albany demonstrators are using outdoor heaters as they hunker down across from the state capitol.

Governor Dannel Malloy said he's "disappointed" in the number of out-of-state crews that had promised to help Connecticut recover from last weekend's nor'easter a day after President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for the state.

Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's reputation is in question. MF Global, the brokerage firm Corzine has led since last year, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Some are calling it the first U.S. casualty of the European debt crisis.

Home and business owners in New York who suffered losses during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee have a bit more time to apply for disaster assistance with FEMA.

Snow-covered cities and towns across the Northeast are calling off or postponing Halloween out of safety concerns for trick-or-treaters.

President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for Connecticut following a surprisingly strong October snowstorm that plunged millions into darkness over the weekend and drew comparisons to Tropical Storm Irene and will continue to cause problems for Monday evening commutes.

The National Weather Service is predicting a Nor'easter to hit the Northeast this weekend.

Former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble board member, Rajat Gupta pleaded not guilty to six counts of securities fraud.  The former CEO of McKinsey & Company consulting is the most prominent executive arrested in a multi-year investigation into what prosecutors claim is the biggest insider trading case in history.

Retail giant Wal-Mart announced plans to move its New York City apparel office to Bentonville, Arkansas, where the company's headquarters is located.

One of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Sean Bell gave his account of the incident at a NYPD disciplinary trial.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the gun trafficking ring allegedly orchestrated by New York City police officers will not undermine his mission to get illegal guns of the streets.

The state's environmental agency has put the brakes on the process to approve the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking on some private lands in New York because a key advisory panel will not make the November 1 deadline to issue a report.

A former Goldman Sachs board member surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday to face criminal charges stemming from a massive hedge fund insider trading case. READ THE INDICTM...

City and state lawmakers who represent ethnic minority groups have called on Governor Cuomo to extend a so-called "millionaire's tax."

A couple accused of kidnapping their eight children from a New York City foster care facility pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree custodial interference.