NYC Testing New Technology Aimed At Reducing Traffic Congestion
It's called "Midtown in Motion," a new traffic management system using microwave sensors, video cameras and E-ZPass readers to spot heavy congestion in a test area.
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It's called "Midtown in Motion," a new traffic management system using microwave sensors, video cameras and E-ZPass readers to spot heavy congestion in a test area.
"Nobody paid as much attention to it as they should have -- from me on down," Bloomberg said after a graduation ceremony at Gracie Mansion.
The 42nd annual Gay Pride Parade will kick off at noon in Midtown. This year, an estimated half a million participants will be celebrating New York's historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn gathered with city lawmakers and the head of the teachers' union Friday evening to announce the roughly $66 billion deal, which ducks the worst of the cutbacks the mayor had said would be unavoidable.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to stay neutral when it comes to "Weinergate," staying very far away from saying what action he thinks Anthony Weiner should take in the wake of a sexting scandal.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira joined other city officials Monday to announce a partnership that will build a new charter school and affordable housing in East Harlem.
Nearly two million spectators lined the street as 80,000 participants marched down the parade route. It's all part of a weekend long celebration of Puerto Rican heritage and culture.
The service has already started in three locations: Battery Park, Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg cuts the ribbon Tuesday on the second section of the High Line, expanding the park from the meat-packing district through Chelsea.
I'm rooting for Plaxico Burress. Not because my beloved Steelers drafted him. Not because he helped your Giants beat the despised Patriots. I'm rooting for him because Burress publicly and privately paid for a crime with no victim.
Tens of thousands of spectators are expected to hit the streets of Midtown Sunday for the annual New York City Celebrate Israel Parade.
More than 200 residents and merchants rallied in front of Engine 294 chanting, "don't close the doors of 294." This is one of 20 fire companies slated for closing.
Sean Sweeney, who heads the landmarks committee for New York's Community Board 2, said he is worried that the kiosks and bicycle parking stands will clog up narrow sidewalks in SoHo.
New York City firefighters hit the streets Friday, marching over the Brooklyn Bridge in protest.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed teacher layoffs has caused a stir among New York City lawmakers, teachers and parents.
Millions of people will hitting the beach this Memorial Day weekend and if you live in the Tri-state area, you have a lot of beaches to choose from.
Using the power of his deep pockets, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday demanded that state lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage this year.
Demonstrators rallied down the street from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's home on Wednesday to protest what they call the illegal arrests of mainly black and Hispanics for possessing marijuana.
Come Monday the city's sweeping ban kicks in at parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas, like in Times Square.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is being criticized by some community leaders over comments he made while discussing a lawsuit seeking to prevent the city from closing 22 poor-performing schools.
It may not be a laughing matter to some people, but New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg had a lot of fun on his weekly radio show joking about the world coming to an end on Saturday.
The push for so-called "crossover" mirrors to compensate for blind spots in large trucks is taking on added urgency after last week's death of a 4-year-old who was hit by a truck while riding his tricycle in Williamsburg.
Windmills on Staten Island? It's a proposal New York City officials are exploring.
FDNY overtime costs are skyrocketing because a federal judge has barred the fire department from hiring a new class of recruits after finding the department's test is prejudiced against blacks and Hispanics.
With the end of the school year just around the corner, the Bloomberg administration is trying to raise private money so that thousands of city kids can have summer jobs.
