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The city is trying to educate municipal drivers using a video with stories of pedestrians mowed down in crosswalks, hit-and-run accident, and a bicyclist killed by a truck.
Hillary Clinton will reportedly announce her run for president on Sunday and she could be running that campaign from a building in Brooklyn.
Under one bill, anyone busted for making a hoax call to 911 would be liable for the the cost incurred by police and first responders, said Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, D-Union.
Neighbors said they've seen raccoon, possums and mice going in and out of the Osceola Avenue home. Inside the two-story house are rotten food and stacks of old magazines and newspapers, neighbors said.
As part of the new state budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature approved the use of the medicine, also known as naloxone, that reverses the effects of an overdose.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Charles Schumer are calling for increased federal transportation funding.
Although news of 'Bridgegate' have been out of headlines lately, local reports says the federal investigation appears to be coming to a head and indictments could be announced next week.
The project will include the construction of thousands of feet of levees and flood walls as well as tide gates and pump stations.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday announced that he is donating an additional $30 million to a Sierra Club initiative working to reduce the nation's use of coal.
The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem is demanding that the mayor make wholesale changes to the NYPD and fire the officer who put Eric Garner in an apparent chokehold – or else the ministers will fire the mayor.
Some parents who favor half-day preschool complain they won't have enough time with their children or that their kids will have trouble tolerating the six hours, 20 minutes of full-day pre-K.
The potential Republican presidential contender will hold what his office says is his 134th town hall event Tuesday at the Old Bridge High School gymnasium in Matawan.
Advocates and some elected officials rallied on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, with some chanting "Housing is a right! Fight, fight, fight!"
The Kentucky senator entered the campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a declaration that he's running for the White House to "return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government."
Proponents of the idea like the idea that the private contractors who lease highways would not only collect tolls, but also maintain the highways. The downside, state Rep. Gail Lavielle believes, would be inevitable toll hikes.
