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Organizers with the Municipal Art Society say they hope to make the tribute a permanent part of the Sept. 11 remembrance events, but funding is not guaranteed past this year.
From the Hamptons to the Jersey shore, officials and business owners alike want you to know the beaches are open this Labor Day weekend.
Police say a chase and a shootout landed three suspects in custody after they opened fire on a father and son in the Bronx.
Time Out New York Kids has some great ideas for your family this weekend.
A former prep school student who admitted with carrying guns for her boyfriend's Harlem drug gang has gotten out of jail as she prepares to start her senior year in high school.
Gold Coast Bank President Joseph Peri said they are speeding up the process so the emergency loans will be approved faster.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Irene caused significant damage to the state's agriculture. He said there is already $45 million in damage to farms in the state.
Orange County is among nine New York counties added to the list that are eligible for federal disaster assistance. Others include Rockland, Suffolk and Sullivan.
One of the only hospitals in the Rockaways will stay open. Under the new leadership, Peninsula will restructure its operations.
The federal funding will be available to state and local governments and some nonprofits for emergency work and repair in five Connecticut counties. They include Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven and New London.
"It's time for City Hall to come clean and give us a real explanation about the arrest about the circumstances of Mr. Goldsmith's dismissal and to be forthcoming with the public and the press," said Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.
At last able to get back to their possessions, many in the Garden State are finding them hopelessly destroyed by the flood.
"It's incomprehensible, the level of incompetence on the part of LIPA," Tom Ward said.
The mayor's office says the annual event focuses on relatives of Sept. 11 victims and has never included clergy invocations. Bloomberg has said it would be impossible to include everyone who would like to participate.
Travelers passing through Newark Liberty Airport soon will feel a little less exposed.
