A group of New York City atheists is demanding that the city remove a street sign honoring seven firefighters killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks because they say the sign violates the separation of church and state.
More than 3,000 NYC motorists were ticketed for failing to buckle up during the latest seat belt enforcement campaign.
Brooklyn Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned today in the wake of his scandal. Weiner addressed reporters Thursday afternoon at a senior citizens center in Brooklyn, apologizing to his neighbors, constitutents and his pregnant wife, Huma.
New York’s notoriously high taxes and public spending, combined with restrictive “nanny” policies, make it the “least free” state in the country, a new study has found.
New York lawmakers have voted to add directors of children’s overnight or summer day camps to the list of those required to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the state and to local social services officials.
A partisan fight in state Senate Wednesday night allowed New York City’s rent control law to expire at least temporarily, while threatening a bill to cap property taxes statewide.
Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is now an area that is no longer predominantly black. According to the 2010 census, the black population in Fort Greene and neighboring Clinton Hill shrunk by about one-third over the last 10 years.
On Tuesday, Sen. Roy McDonald (R-Saratoga) – in a dramatic reversal from his earlier opposition – became the second Republican in as many days to give his blessing to To’eiva marriage, bringing Senate support to 31 votes – Just one vote shy of becoming law in New York.
Marty Markowitz is “strongly considering” a run for mayor in 2013, sources close to the Brooklyn borough president told The Post.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he will introduce new legislation that will crack down on drivers caught using a portable electronic device including Blackberrys, iPhones, iPads, laptop computers, gaming devices and any other portable device, or talking on a cell phone without a hands free device, while driving.
The Bloomberg administration is seeking state approval to install cameras on some of the Sanitation Department’s street cleaners in a pilot program aimed at taking the burden off traffic agents in enforcing alternate-side parking rules.
On its own, Brooklyn would be the nation’s fourth largest city. The U.S. Cenus Bureau says there are 2.5 million residents here, but borough officials say the figure is closer to 2.6 million.
The humiliating melt down of Rep. Anthony Weiner has reshuffled the 2013 mayoral race, with political insiders nominating City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson as the new front-runners.
Crossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices.
The second heat wave of 2011 will get cranking, with temperatures nearing 90 degrees and likely staying there for the rest of the week.
When New Yorkers head underground, they cannot always be sure of what awaits them. The city’s subway system can be mysterious, with daily delays resulting from minor emergencies, track work and other events in the tunnels that riders know they will never truly understand.
The chief executives of three ailing Brooklyn hospitals are finalizing a de facto merger proposal that they expect to submit to state officials as early as this week. Their plan, which calls for a “northern Brooklyn health care alliance,” could include a major restructuring, closure or repurposing of at least one of the hospitals.
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