Mayor Bloomberg Vetoes Controversial Living Wage Bill; Speaker Quinn Fires Back
The measure would have required any company receiving at least $1 million in city subsidies to pay its employees at least $11.50 an hour or $10 an hour plus benefits.
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The measure would have required any company receiving at least $1 million in city subsidies to pay its employees at least $11.50 an hour or $10 an hour plus benefits.
The plane started swerving immediately right after the two hit, so he was rocking the plane back and forth," passenger Laura Echavarria said. "I'm going to die. I'm not going to see my family."
Video of the April 12 incident at the Giselle Mini Market On East New York Avenue shows the minor leaving the bodega after the worker, 44-year-old Ismael Duran, refused to sell the beer to him after checking his identification.
Four associates of a New York businessman convicted in a $400 million Ponzi scheme were arrested early Wednesday on charges that they pocketed nearly $38 million in commissions for their efforts in advancing the fraud, federal prosecutors said.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a week after being named among Time's 100 most influential people, says he won't fuel speculation that he might run for president in 2016.
Lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday, calling on Village Voice Media to shut down Backpage, the adult section of its classifieds website.
Today was a big day for those hoping to run 26.2 miles in the 2012 New York City Marathon -- including one "ridiculously photogenic guy."
Witnesses testified that prescription painkiller abuse has become a major multimillion dollar drug epidemic in the city.
The dog, a 30-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Byrdie, somehow got out of her cage around 10 a.m. while she was being loaded onto a Delta flight bound for Memphis.
The March of Dimes, in its fight to prevent premature births, has tackled elective c-sections where the mother or doctor opt for delivery before 39 weeks.
The effort to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, destroyed on 9/11, is moving ahead.
The 30-year-old singer tops the magazine's annual list of the "World's Most Beautiful" in a special double issue. The announcement was made Wednesday.
The incident unfolded around 3:40 a.m. after police received a call about the suspects allegedly stealing tires off a sports car on Carrollton Avenue in Wantagh.
JetBlue Flight 571 was hit by two geese. One landed square on the plane's windshield and was caught in the wipers and obstructed the view from the cockpit, CBS 2's Derricke Dennis reported.
It's difficult for Matthew Badger to deal with the loss of his three darling daughters, but he's turning his heartbreak into hope by helping other young children.
