MTA Holding Competition To Find Best Apps For Commuters
We all know commuting in the Tri-State Area can be a major headache. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is hoping social media can help its customers on a daily basis.
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We all know commuting in the Tri-State Area can be a major headache. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is hoping social media can help its customers on a daily basis.
The national NAEP scores released last month showed that just over one-third of all public school students were proficient in reading. In math, 40 percent of the fourth-graders and 35 percent of the eighth-graders had reached that level.
Arrests for low-level marijuana possession have fallen 13 percent in New York City, after Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly cautioned officers not to bust people for small amounts of the drug found in pockets.
It was 70 years today that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing thousands of Americans and plunging the United States into World War II.
Federal lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation aimed at helping a group of Indonesian immigrants facing deportation, despite what they say is a special agreement with federal authorities that allows them to live and work in the U.S.
Federal agents swept through Marble Hill Wednesday arresting members of the Trinitarios, a violent gang officials say sold drugs and guns and intimidated neighborhood residents to protect their turf.
Ferry service at the Hoboken terminal has been running out of a temporary slip for twenty years, after the ferry terminal grew old and rusty, but things changed today.
Authorities say 12-year-old Zakyyah Taylor was last seen around 7:40 a.m. at her apartment on Madison Avenue on Monday.
"I thought it was my teeth. I had no idea that my life was actually in danger," said patient Ginny Coleman.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says internal affairs now believes at least 20 offensive Facebook comments about the city's annual West Indian Day Parade could have been made by NYPD officers.
The 4-month-old girl was found abandoned on one of the tables of the restaurant located at Rockaway Boulevard near the Belt Parkway.
WhyHunger's 2011 Hungerthon, teaming up with media partners including CBS radio stations WCBS 880, 1010 WINS and WFAN, raised over $750,000.
When the nor'easter struck in October, three seasons seemed to collide over Anthony Abbondola's service bay at Argento and Sons in White Plains.
The new budget, which was different from the one proposed by county executive Scott Vanderhoef, will save more than 500 jobs and keeps Summit Hospital open while restoring money to police programs and non-profit agencies.
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces tax cuts for many people New York State, there are reports that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking to raise property taxes in New York City to fill a budget hole that would result in deep cuts at city agencies.
