Student Cellphone Ban In NYC Public Schools Lifted
A longtime ban on cellphones in New York City public schools is set to be lifted on Monday.
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A longtime ban on cellphones in New York City public schools is set to be lifted on Monday.
It was a snowy start to March after a freezing February.
Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the LGBT-friendly alternative to New York City's main St. Patrick's Day Parade, which excluded official gay groups for years.
An internal poll has revealed that the majority of officers who have completed a retraining program following the death of Eric Garner thought it had a positive effect, according to the Mayor's office.
The agreement authorizes 11 percent raises over the next seven years. It follows the pattern set by the teachers union, but, like other uniformed unions, it contains an additional 1 percent raise in its first year.
On Feb. 26, 1988, Ed Byrne, a 22-year-old rookie cop, was assassinated as he sat in his squad car guarding a witness' home.
More subway delays? That could be the future for New Yorkers if lawmakers don't agree on how to pay for improvements to the city's aging mass transit system.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking state legislators for money for housing and other city needs.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration says it has reached an agreement with members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as oral suction circumcision.
Mayor Bill de Blasio called the New York Post ridiculous for an article in which the newspaper reported that police officers think the training in wake of the Eric Garner case is not realistic and pretty silly.
With a swift swipe of his scalpel, Rabbi A. Romi Cohn circumcises the baby boy, then leans down and sucks the blood from the wound as prayers in Hebrew fill the Brooklyn synagogue.
Three more New York City municipal unions are agreeing to new labor contracts with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.
State and city officials have launched a joint task force to crack down on New York City landlords who harass tenants to force them into vacating rent-regulated apartments.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is laughing off an attack ad that depicted him as a character in the sexually charged blockbuster "Fifty Shades of Grey.''
New York State Republicans say Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio is like the submissive character in "Fifty Shades of Grey,'' dominated by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
A new climate report is finding that temperatures and sea levels are rising in New York City.
Polly Trottenberg, commissioner of the city's Department of Transportation, said efforts will focus on Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Jamaica and Elmhurst.
His aides dismissed the notion that de Blasio changed tactics because he was second-guessing his comments after Garner's death.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Saturday called a shooting that was believed to be motivated by terrorism in Copenhagen was an "attack on our core values."
The Tri-State area is in a deep freeze after record setting cold moved in Friday morning.
A teenage girl was struck by a bus while crossing the street in Brooklyn early Friday, and there were worries that she could lose her leg.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday welcomed in a new group of correction officers, without making reference to recent problems that have plagued Rikers Island.
Mayor Bill de Blasio called the streak a testament to the hard work of the NYPD.
Democrats have picked Philadelphia as the site of their 2016 national convention.
Organizers of the Manhattan parade announced in September that they are ending a ban and allowing a gay group to march under its own banner for the first time.
