Lunar New Year Becomes Official Holiday On NYC School Calendar
Mayor Bill de Blasio has made the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio has made the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday.
The entire Fiscal Year 2016 budget will go to a vote before the full council later this week.
New York City is set to hire nearly 1,300 new police officers as part of its yearly budget agreement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said late Monday.
Federal prosecutors, attorneys representing injured inmates and city lawyers have reached a deal to curb violence at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Twitter Monday that the Lunar New Year will be added to the city's school holiday calendar.
Sunday morning will mark the first worship service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church since nine people were shot to death, authorities said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio attended the rally dubbed #IamAME at Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral of New York in Jamaica Saturday afternoon.
The alleged manifesto, a text file accompanied by a zip drive with photos, was uploaded to a website called "lastrhodesian."
Among the graduates was one Dante de Blasio, whose picture flashed on the overhead screens of the arena as he listened to the keynote speaker, his father.
Major sections of Central and Prospect parks will be permanently car free, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.
Sources told CBS2 Wednesday night that Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected soon to announce the closure of large parts of Central and Prospect parks to car traffic on weekdays.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday fought back against comments from former police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who claimed that the mayor and the current police chief are responsible for a rise in violent crime.
The indictment handed up Wednesday charges Daniel Melamed with unlawfully evicting tenants from rent-regulated apartments, endangering the welfare of a child and filing a false document.
Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $100 million to a Cornell University graduate school for a new high-tech New York City campus breaking ground Tuesday.
Despite dire warnings, Albany lawmakers were unable to agree on the possibility of extending rent regulations.
Hundreds of thousands of people lined Fifth Avenue on Sunday to express their Puerto Rican pride.
Preparations are underway on Roosevelt Island as Hillary Clinton makes what is being seen as her first major presidential campaign speech this weekend.
The initiative is modeled after New York City's career and technical education programs.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was facing a backlash Wednesday over his assertion that the NYPD has a hard time recruiting African-American men as officers because many have arrest records.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday rallied behind New York City police and firefighters pushing for increased disability benefits.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday told CBS2 that critics concerned about surging murder rates are just "fearmongering" and blowing things out of proportion.
Mayor Bill de Blasio will not attend former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign kickoff -- even though it's happening in his city.
Health officials have linked at least 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000 to the ancient ritual.
If the proposal is passed, it would be a first in the country requiring chain restaurants to label menu items that include 2,300 milligrams of sodium or more in an effort to help diners make healthier choices.
More than 1,000 chanting tenants from New York City filled the hallways of the state Capitol in Albany Tuesday, urging lawmakers to renew and strengthen the law governing the city's rent regulations.
