Queens Girl Becomes The New Voice Of 'Dora The Explorer'
The voice of child model Fatima Ptacek, 11, the daughter of a retired NYPD detective and an accountant from Ecuador, debuted on the show this week.
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The voice of child model Fatima Ptacek, 11, the daughter of a retired NYPD detective and an accountant from Ecuador, debuted on the show this week.
A dream denied. On Monday, a heartbroken high school student who thought he was accepted to prestigious Vassar College spoke out about what it was like learning there was a mistake.
The NYPD and the Manhattan district attorney refused to comment Monday about the sex assault allegations against the police commissioner's son. But that's not stopping an avalanche of leaks about the state of the investigation.
In the Bronx, a mother is in police custody, accused of giving her son a deadly dose of drugs, including methadone. The family of Carlos Rios Jr. said his drug-addicted mother and ACS are at fault.
Say goodbye to engine noise and exhaust fumes for a proposal in the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district is seeking to turn yellow buses green. District officials said the new buses would cut down on a number of the problems caused by traditional school buses.
An overweight man who unwittingly became an amputee in advertisements that New York City is posting to warn against diabetes says he's worried the ads might hurt his acting career.
If the Giants win, one New York City family will be chosen to get a super tour of Boston.
More than 600 people texted their responses over the last week to Transportation Alternatives on whether their MTA commutes have improved, worsened or remained the same since the agency made major cuts since 2009.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg finds himself defending the city's use of and spending money to maintain more than 1,000 pieces of retro technology called the typewriter.
The officer was apparently attacked by two men as he walked along Grove Street near Broadway shortly before midnight Sunday.
Police say the children, ages 3 and 5, were left alone in front of 5994 Shore Parkway on Sunday around 2:45 p.m.
According to a report, 50 percent of career and technical high schools with three years of academic data available have made the State's Persistently Low-Achieving list since 2009.
The county will be implementing a new Community Policing Plan which Executive Ed Mangano said will save taxpayers up to $20 million a year.
Steven Kinalis, 30, of Ronkonkoma, and Elizabeth Peacock, 45, have been formally charged in two deadly crashes last month.
Traffic started moving again around 10 :10 a.m., nearly two hours after a tractor-trailer accident near the Brooklyn Bridge.
