Advocates: NYC Food Stamp Finger Printing 'Doesn't Make Sense'
City leaders are calling on the Bloomberg administration to stop finger printing New Yorkers who are seeking food stamps, calling the practice unnecessary and punitive.
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City leaders are calling on the Bloomberg administration to stop finger printing New Yorkers who are seeking food stamps, calling the practice unnecessary and punitive.
State wildlife biologist Howard Kilpatrick says from now through December, there may be 3,000 or more deer-car collisions just in Fairfield County.
Over 30,000 fewer traffic tickets were written in the first eight months of this year in Nassau County than the same period last year.
Since the first day of classes, an 11-year-old New Jersey boy claims he has been tortured by a pair of schoolyard bullies and administrators have ignored his pleas for help.
Police say as one of the suspects distracted the cashier at the counter, the other two grabbed three cases of beer and quickly left the store.
The cost of a new Tappan Zee Bridge has been shaved to $5.2 billion by focusing solely on the bridge, a federal agency said Tuesday. That means no mass transit - rail or dedicated bus lanes - at this point.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas in 2006 and now his release is expected within days. That has the Jewish community around the world, and in the Tri-State Area, overjoyed.
Nassau County police are asking for the public's help in finding four to six men wanted in a home invasion in East Meadow.
Schumer scheduled a conference call Wednesday. He planned to detail the potential lost payments for oil, propane and other home heating fuel by county.
Police say just after 2 p.m. on Oct. 5, a man was walking near Weirfield Street and Wyckoff Avenue when he got into a verbal argument with a group of people on the street.
The Northern State Parkway is swollen with runoff traffic. The accident near Exit 41 shut down traffic since 3 a.m.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be on anybody's short list for a vice presidential running mate.
Mack says the city council is to blame for failing to appoint a permanent police director even though the mayor has nominated two veteran state troopers for the position.
The Fifth Annual New York City Food Film Festival will be kick off its four day celebration of cinema and cuisine Thursday with an evening of pure gluttony at "A Cheers to Burgers and Beers."
Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna is said to be the officer who used pepper spray on women who were already cordoned off by a mesh barrier in Union Square.
