Slain Pace Student's Teammates Seek Dismissal
Four college football players who were arrested after their teammate was fatally shot by police are seeking an immediate dismissal of the charges against them.
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Four college football players who were arrested after their teammate was fatally shot by police are seeking an immediate dismissal of the charges against them.
Bird-watchers on Long Island are all atwitter at the sighting of a common ground dove, normally not seen north of South Carolina.
Cuomo will get the chance to clean up Albany, following his resounding victory over Tea Party upstart Carl Paladino, who lost by a margin of almost two to one.
A wild night of seesawing race totals and margins as close as a single vote Tuesday have left majority control of New York's state Senate uncertain, but with Republicans having a good chance of seizing control of the chamber.
The Republican takeover of the House makes it likely that Long Island Congressman Peter King will take over as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.
Police spokesman Paul Browne identified the man as Alex Bongard. He is the son of Debra LaMorte, senior vice president for development and alumni affairs at NYU.
He was the mop-top, million dollar winner of "Survivor: Africa," but 36-year-old Ethan Zohn made the cover of People magazine for a very different challenge: cancer.
Investigators said 34-year old Dominic Tola was stopped by police in Lake Grove for talking on his cell phone.
State and national recycling advocates are hailing the first year of New York's expanded bottle deposit law as a success.
Republicans racked up dozens of victories. As of Wednesday morning they gained six seats in the Senate and 58 seats in the House, more than enough to give the GOP control of the lower house.
On the sides of city buses and on the subways, on light pole banners and magazines, you'll see her. Her name is Veronica Velasquez.
The poles were apparently weakened by either insects or rotted wood.
The limit had long been two terms but was extended in 2008 when Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided he wanted to run again.
Several cars were damaged, but nobody was hurt.
It will fly at altitudes below 1,000 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
