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A week on the job and Mayor Bill de Blasio took his bully pulpit to the state capital on Wednesday to show that as far as the Legislature is concerned, he is the anti-Mike Bloomberg.
Residents in Castle Hill say school buses have been blocking their driveways ever since Logan Bus Company took over buses and routes for the bankrupt Atlantic Express Bus Company a month ago.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is delivering a broad election-year agenda in a State of the State speech promoting a property tax freeze, tougher anti-corruption laws and modernizing New York City's airports.
Hanif Thompson, 29, of Irvington; Karif Ford, 31, of Newark; Basim Henry, 32, of Newark; and Kevin Roberts, 33, of Newark, face a series of charges, including murder.
Mayor Bill de Blasio ally Melissa Mark-Viverito has been elected as New York City council speaker.
The extreme cold in recent days has led to a new winter one-day record for national gas and electric service use by Con Edison customers.
The plan would allow 20 hospitals to dispense marijuana to people suffering from cancer and some other diseases under state Department of Health regulations.
Marty Tankleff, who spent 17 years in prison for killing his parents, says he's glad he and the state have reached a settlement of nearly $3.4 million to his false-imprisonment lawsuit.
The woman cases the place and then the man threatens the clerk with a knife or gun, police said.
McCarthy, a lifelong resident of Mineola, was first elected to Congress in 1996. She has been a staunch gun control advocate since her husband was killed and her son was seriously wounded in the Dec. 7, 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre.
Mayor Mark Boughton announced in August he had formed a committee to explore a possible run for governor. He said he wanted to spend several months "testing the waters'' before deciding.
Michele London, 62, is fighting kidney disease and is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant.
The train left about 1,000 passengers stranded for nearly two hours on cars without power or heat on an extremely frigid night.
A masked gunman has robbed 16 businesses at gunpoint across Suffolk County since early December, police said.
The City Council welcomed 21 new members at the swearing in ceremony Wednesday. One of the youngest members of the council is 25-year-old Ritchie Torres of the Bronx.
