More than 200 new speed cameras are coming to New York City and Long Island, after the state’s Senate voted to authorize them on Wednesday, two days after the Assembly did.
New York City families who have precious little space in their apartments are finding creative ways to find room for their babies and kids, including using bathrooms and closets, according to a report by DNAinfo.
A Crown Heights resident on his way home from work Sunday evening had a harrowing experience when a man attempted to carjack his vehicle as he was driving through the Bronx. The driver then filmed a dramatic scene unfold as the attacker attempted to break into several other vehicles, one of which he clung to for almost nine miles along a busy highway.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a 3.35 percent increase in water and sewage rates paid by homeowners and landlords across the five boroughs, in a proposal submitted to the New York City Water Board.
Today at the National Action Network’s annual convention, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised notorious anti-Semite and race baiter Al Sharpton by saying this: ”I just want everyone to know: I am proud to stand with Rev. Sharpton, To borrow a phrase from our youth, — he’s the real thing.”
New York City councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) is hoping to change alternate side parking regulations, giving locals and commuters more access to parking.
An official who oversees Washington D.C. police has been named the first ever inspector general of the New York Police Department.
The choice between paper or plastic bags could soon come with a new burden in New York City: a 10-cent fee.
Despite the long-awaited onset of spring, the tri-state area can expect to get more snow this week as a ‘nor’easter’ is expected to hit the region tomorrow night. However, forecasters say, the area should be spared from the worst of the wintry spring storm.
Just days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an aggressive plan to prevent traffic deaths, CBS 2 cameras caught the driver of a car carrying the mayor violating a number of traffic laws.
During an interview on MSNBC Wednesday, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was confronted by the host, Chris Hayes, regarding a speech he gave last month to AIPAC. The host questioned the mayor as to why he proclaimed that defending the state of Israel is part of his job description as mayor of New York City.
New York City Councilman David Greenfield (D-Borough Park) is proposing a new law regarding snow removal for commercial and residential properties to protect pedestrians from accidents related to unshoveled sidewalks.
Yet another winter storm is set to push over the tri-state area Tuesday, and could add 2 to 4 more inches to what is already the third snowiest February ever recorded in New York City, forecasters say.
A nor’easter swirled into the tri-state early Thursday and hammered the region with heavy snow — 1 foot in some areas by the end of the morning rush — and shifted to mostly rain before another punch of snow comes overnight into Friday.
A 36-year-old pregnant woman was struck and killed by a snowplow in Brooklyn during Thursday’s storm, but doctors were able to save her baby, police said.
The barrage of snowstorms this winter has peppered potholes all over the region, derailing drivers, challenging road crews and spurring a boom in business for auto-repair shops.
A city bus and a box truck believed to have been stolen collided at Manhattan intersection early Wednesday, sending both vehicles onto the sidewalk and into scaffolding, killing the bus driver and injuring at least four other people, authorities said.
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