Booker To Speak At DNC; Where Will He Go Next?
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte the week after next and some wonder if it will be more than just a speech to rally his party.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte the week after next and some wonder if it will be more than just a speech to rally his party.
Mayor Marc Shrieks said he fears an insurance issue. Residents are mixed on the issue.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City has made its homeless shelters so "much more pleasurable" that there's less pressure for people to leave.
Astronomical fare hikes and deep service cuts are possibly on the horizon for suburban commuters. It's all because a major court ruling against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has put the agency in a financial bind.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney continued his campaign push in swing state Colorado remotely on Thursday, granting one-on-one satellite interviews with four local reporters.
Red, green, and blue - 7-Eleven is offering coffee cups in those colors to demonstrate the Presidential candidate of the customers' choice.
Obama raised $3 million with the help of the players, who included NBA-great Michael Jordan and former Knicks Walt Frazier and Bill Bradley. NBA Commissioner David Stern also was there.
The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., recently told MTV News "Flat out: I don't like New York."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continues to finalize his keynote address for next week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. When asked about taking the national stage in a high-profile role, the governor said he's looking forward to the opportunity.
The hard-fought changes will give Rutgers University a medical school, through a merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. As part of the restructuring, UMDNJ's osteopathic school will be folded into Rowan University. The Glassboro campus will also become a research institution. The rest of UMDNJ falls under Rutgers campuses in Newark and New Brunswick.
There has been nearly unanimous outrage over the two-year jail sentence handed down for the members of the Russian punk band, but Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is defending the punishment.
On Wednesday, he made what sounded remarkably like a convention speech, one that could be a taste of what those who don't watch of attend the convention in two weeks might be missing.
Having already laid off hundreds of county employees, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is now threatening more job cuts.
The medians that divide the West Side Highway are being choked with trash from 59th Street to Battery Park City and the Manhattan Borough President is not happy about it.
The NYPD rejects the AP's criticism that six years of undercover surveillance by a secret police unit never led to a terrorist being brought to trial.
