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$4.1M raised in East Side race for House seat
Challenger Reshma Saujani faces off with Rep. Carolyn Maloney in Tuesday's primary.
NY Fashion Week opens at new venue
New York Fashion Week brought its cutting-edge style uptown on Thursday, opening its spring-collection previews in a new location on the campus of Lincoln Center.
Staten Island brush blazes spark six-alarm response
Firefighters battle a brush fire at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Wednesday.
Man survives 625-volt zap after being shoved onto third rail
Andy Morris hit an electrified third rail after being shoved onto tracks during a drunken fight.
Ethics-battered Rangel finds himself in grudge match with legendary Harlem pr...
It sounds like a political grudge match for the ages: Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel , battered by ethics charges and stripped of his chairmanship of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, defending his seat against Adam Clayton Powell IV...
Reader Photos From the First Day of School
P.S. 41, STATEN ISLAND "Vera is calm in a storm of first day of first grade angst," wrote the photographer.
Family demands answers in death of Jorge Martinez, deliveryman killed by sniper
Jennifer Martinez, 16, says she can't live without knowing who killed her father.
When the L.I.R.R. Reached Manhattan
Where the tunnel ended: Pennsylvania Station in 1920. " Day Long Throng Inspects New Tube ," trumpeted the headline in The New York Times.
Officer Resigns, Then Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
Relatives of Vionique Valnord-Kassime, displayed in picture, and their lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, at a news conference after Andrew Kelly, an off-duty police officer who fatally struck her with his vehicle, pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Gonzalez: AG hopeful Brodsky is up for the job
Richard Brodsky is one of five candidates vying for Democratic nomination for attorney general.
Reclusive heiress's attorney lashes out at critics
Huguette Clark's lawyer won't say if he's named in her will, acknowledges soliciting gift of $1.5 million for his family's West Bank community Christopher Sadowski Attorney Wallace "Wally" Bock says he has always done exactly what his client, heir...
Foxy Brown skirts felony charges for violating neighbor's restraining order
Foxy Brown was arrested in July for allegedly shouting obscenities at neighbor Arlene Raymond.
Pastor: I Know Quran Burning is Insulting
Updated at 7:04 p.m. ET A Christian minister planning on burning copies of the Quran Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept.
WTC steel column installed at Ground Zero
Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at Ground Zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept.
NYC mayor: Fla. minister's plan to burn Quran on 9/11 is ' ...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a minister's plan to burn the Muslim holy book on Sept.
New Yorkers celebrate Labor Day with Caribbean taste
The U.S. Labor Day festive mood was in the air in New York City with Caribbean cheers, as the West Indian Day Parade hit the streets on Monday.
Dad of three dead after drunk driving pal travels wrong way on LIE
A drunk Juan Cruz drove the wrong way on the LIE and slammed into a guardrail, killing his friend Mauricio Visoso-Ornelas. A drunken driver leaving a Long Island baby shower went the wrong way on the LIE Monday and hit a guardrail, killing his pas...
In Poll, Most New Yorkers Want to Restore 2-Term Limit for City Officials
Two years after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg extended the limit on New York City's elected officials from two terms to three, paving the way for his re-election, nearly three-fourths of city voters favor reversing his move, according to a New York T...
Coast Guard: Swath of red tide found in New York Harbor
A nearly 10-mile-long ribbon of red tide was spotted Monday in New York Harbor, Coast Guard officials said, warning swimmers and boaters to avoid contact with the potentially harmful algae.
After Tough Year, New York's Haitians Gather
The sun rose over the tireless Haitian rara musicians and the throng of ecstatic fans who followed them.
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