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As Hurricane Irene continued its march toward the East Coast, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday issued a mandatory evacuation of the city's low-lying areas and the announced a syste...

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn got his passport back from New York City prosecutors and is free to travel once again.

Investigators are looking into whether an NYPD officer accused of raping a school teacher in Manhattan last week may be responsible for other unsolved sex attacks, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday.

To get prepared for Hurricane Irene, there are items that New Yorkers should have on hand, in anticipation of the rain and wind — and the problems associated with both — that is expected this weekend.

The governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency Thursday as Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged city residents in low-lying areas to find high ground ahead of possib...

The off-duty NYPD officer accused of raping a school teacher as she walked to work in upper Manhattan last week didn't mean to harm anyone, his lawyers said Wednesday.

New York City officials said Wednesday that they had begun preparations for Hurricane Irene to the hit the East Coast.

Buildings in New York City shook briefly Tuesday afternoon as an earthquake originating in Virginia rattled the ground throughout the East Coast. Did you feel the earthquake tremor...

The dean of Columbia College abruptly resigned — two weeks before classes start at the undergraduate division of the university.

The former chief executive of Duane Reade has been sentenced to three years in prison for exaggerating the New York City drugstore chain's income.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he'll keep trying to find "innovative" ways to reduce obesity in poor neighborhoods.

Ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the past months have been "a nightmare" for him and his family and that they're looking forwarding to returning home.

The number of people killed by someone in their household rose 10 percent in New York state last year, a report released Monday revealed.

Monday marks the 350th anniversary of the founding of Staten Island (or Staaten Eylandt, as the Dutch called it). The borough is best known for its iconic orange ferry, the Fresh K...

WNYC and the New York Times have partnered to launch SchoolBook, an interactive education website of news, information and conversation about New York City schools.

 

An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested on charges that he raped a woman in a the backyard of a Manhattan apartment after asking her for directions Friday morning.

The stock market ended the week down as investors continued to worry about a global recession, the health of the European banks and data showing slower economic growth.  The Dow Jones industrial average again fell by triple digits, but it was less than Thursday's drop.

The husband of the woman shot and killed while they walked along a New Jersey street with their 3-year-old son Tuesday night has been charged in her murder along with another woman, who was arrested in Massachusetts.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the decision not to include most first responders in the official September 11 ceremony for tenth anniversary of the attacks this year.

Striking Verizon workers got support from other union members on the picket line when they protested outside the home of Verizon's CEO in Mendham, New Jersey, on Thursday night.