A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll shows the former New York City mayor atop the slow-forming Republican primary field.
Terrorists still fixate on mass transit, and the trains and ferries thousands of New Yorkers ride each day offer enticing targets, a counterterror veteran warned Congress Wednesday.
Summonses for unlawful bicycling are up 48 percent in New York City over last year.
Ed Koch might be 86 years old, but he plans on sticking around for awhile—at least as long as there’s talk that one day, state lawmakers might approve a toll on the newly re-named Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is calling for state action on proposed laws to increase penalties for passing stopped school buses.
New York City plans to test a tire-locking clamp that scofflaws could unlock themselves with a code after paying their fine over the phone.
In this season of spring, one of the largest blessings I would like to be able to count on is the long-awaited arrival of a Walmart store in Brooklyn.
New smoking laws will take effect in New York City Monday, prohibiting smokers from lighting up in certain public places.
The push for so-called “crossover” mirrors to compensate for blind spots in large trucks is taking on added urgency after last week’s death of a 4-year-old who was hit by a truck while riding his tricycle in Williamsburg.
Well, at least there’s a silver lining to every cloud. Mayor Bloomberg, his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, took to the airwaves Friday morning and addressed the highly publicized prophecy that the End of Times will begin Saturday.
Bowing to pressure from the City Council, the Bloomberg administration released Wednesday a draft list of the 20 fire companies facing closure this year.
The city began offering a new card on Wednesday that lets people buy prescription drugs at big discounts, a step that could potentially increase drug sales and ease strains on the city’s public hospitals.
A total of 65 performers got onboard Tuesday, auditioning to be part of the MTA’s official Music Under New York program.
Researchers say cockroach infestations may be linked to the high rate of children with asthma in certain New York City neighborhoods.
“Brooklyn” was the 34th most popular name nationwide for baby girls in 2010, and in Utah, South Dakota, and North Dakota, it was the SIXTH most common. Brooklyn, according to ParentsConnect, comes from the Dutch word “Breukelen,” and probably means “broken land,” which means it’s sort of an odd baby name. Its popularity, at least according to a Utah mayor, can be attributed to 9/11.
Four-year-old Yoily Englander OBM was killed by a truck as he rode a tricycle in Brooklyn. The driver apparently could not see a boy whose head barely reached the bumper.
Time is not on the side of Big Apple residents calling 911 to report crimes. Police response times have increased every year since 2007 — and it now takes an average of 8.4 minutes for officers to respond to reports of crimes in progress, city stats show.
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