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A young Flatbush resident is looking to make that same impact on a local level in New York as she begins campaigning for a seat in the state's Senate.
The mayor of Bridgeport will sign an ordinance Monday instituting a curfew in the hope of stemming gun violence in the city, but some people don't like it.
Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is presenting the youngster's family with almost $6,000, and an anonymous donor is paying for the child's funeral.
The National Employment Law Project praises the proposal, saying that it would trigger a rise in the minimum wage for 1 million New Yorkers. The efforts come as the number of Americans in poverty are rising and wages are mostly stagnant.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a fast food chain's opposition to gay marriage is none of ``the government's business.''
The New York Police Department will soon launch an all-seeing ``Domain Awareness System'' that combines several streams of information to track both criminals and potential terrorists.
The curfew ordinance was first proposed in January, in response to the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy, Justin Thompson, after a party.
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed a bill to increase aid to Israel, on the eve of presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney's trip to that nation.
The popular chicken chain is in hot oil right now after making headlines not for its food, but its owner's staunch opposition to same-sex marriage.
It is being viewed as a dramatic slap in the face by the International Olympic Committee -- refusing to observe a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes massacred 40 years ago at the Munich games.
The council overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto in June to mandate a wage of at least $10 per hour for workers at companies getting $1 million or more in city funding.
A veteran politician was convicted Thursday on nine of 12 counts in a corruption case accusing him of putting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant for community projects in the pockets of his girlfriend and family.
The combination of a union lockout and the threat of severe weather could have created a perfect storm of problems for Con Edison, but instead it's created the perfect solution.
Some members of Congress, including several from New York, want the International Olympic Committee to honor the Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed at the Munich games in 1972.
The governor who had inserted himself into a New York City taxi cab dispute last year said the lockout since June 30 threatens power to millions of New Yorkers during a long, hot summer.
