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Sonia Bender is a widow who said she is about to lose the only means she has of supporting her three kids, the rents from two apartments and two retail businesses in a tiny upper Manhattan building, all because of glitches in the city's new water meter system.
A budget squeeze is threatening the annual July 4th fireworks display, and the city manager said that he has run out of items to cut from his budget.
Sip and vote. That is what people in Westchester County were doing Tuesday to help determine who makes the best tap water.
Quinn has made no secret of her desire to become mayor while Kelly has been adamant that he's not running for elective office despite reported pressure by Republican Party officials.
The State Senate passed the education reform package in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday. Now, it's in the hands of the House, which has until tomorrow at midnight to pass it.
A year after lawmakers legalized gay marriage, the next civil rights debate taking shape in Albany is discrimination against transgender New Yorkers.
What is happening in the Bergen County borough of Demarest is a sign of the times, and could happen in many other towns, WCBS 880's Sean Adams reported.
Schumer is sponsoring the Brewers Employment and Excise Tax Relief bill, also known as the Federal Beer Act, which would cut federal taxes in half to make up for increased amounts in state taxes.
The men accused of plotting the September 11th attacks were not trying to disrupt court proceedings by reading newspapers and refusing to answer questions on Saturday, according to their attorneys.
The new book focuses on the president as a young man living in New York City and shows him in love and in turmoil.
Six of the 12 jurors sent a note to the judge Wednesday saying one of the jurors decided within the first 10 minutes of their meeting that he or she would not deliberate.
The bill would authorize authorities to remove Canada geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in June and July when the birds are molting and cannot fly.
A deadlocked jury has delayed a verdict in the federal fraud case against former Bronx senator Pedro Espada. As he awaited his fate earlier Wednesday, an angry Espada went off on Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The Bronx Democrat compared abortion to the Holocaust, saying "Hitler was pro-choice. He chose to send the Jews to Auschwitz. That was not their choice, that was Hitler's choice."
Last year, the Port Authority instituted the first round of a two-part toll and fare hike. Now, Sen. Frank Lautenberg wants to stop round two from going into effect.
