Property Owners Must Remove Snow Or Face Fines
New Yorkers could face a hefty fine if they don't start removing snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks.
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New Yorkers could face a hefty fine if they don't start removing snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks.
An Assembly committee says the agency that oversees more than 700 public authorities in New York needs statutory authority to impose fines on the quasi-public entities that fail to report their borrowing, bonus payments or other activities.
The winter storm that has been slogging up the East Coast for three days is leaving some travelers in desperate straits. Some are stranded in airports with food supplies, not just flights, running now. Others are stuck a little more happily with old friends. But nothing has gone as planned, it seems.
Americans hit the malls Sunday to spend gift cards on items Santa may have missed and pick over the clearance racks, though an East Coast snowstorm will crimp some plans.
For years, riders packing New York subways could catch some relief -- by reading inspiring literature on placards in train cars. No more.
Gloria Zhingri, 19, was found stabbed to death in the Mahopac apartment she shared with her husband at the rear of her parents' home.
New York is putting nearly $60 million into a loan fund for homeowners to get free or lower-cost audits of their energy use and money for projects to stop their houses from leaking heat.
A young man is clinging to life in White Plains after a bizarre double hit-and-run. One driver is in police custody, but police are still looking for the other.
A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a former Navy sailor serving a 10-year prison sentence after he leaked details about ship movements to a London-based Web site operator that supported attacking Americans.
U.S. authorities say they've seized two paintings in New York that were stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland by the Nazis during World War II.
Two simple words profoundly changed Matthew Long's life. "I will."
Packed malls? Healthy gains in holiday spending? It's beginning to look at least a little like a pre-recession Christmas.
Long Island authorities say a man killed after getting hit by a car was a suspect in a robbery at a hotel.
Two of the 10 Northeast states that agreed to dedicate millions of dollars to reduce carbon emissions and promote green energy have reneged on their promise, instead diverting substantial funds to saving their budgets.
The Yankees have finalized their minor league contract with right-hander Mark Prior, who is trying to make it back to the major leagues for the first time since 2006.
As much as we New Yorkers know that this is the greatest city in the world, it's not for everyone and apparently, it's not where Cliff Lee and his family wanted to be.
Crime scene investigators worked late into the rainy night on Monday, digging into what emerged as a sandy graveyard.
A house in Brooklyn, illuminated by a whopping 250,000 lights, is a holiday display that you have to see to believe. The man behind the display, though, is a mystery to many.
New York Gov. David Paterson blasted Congress for its failure to begin debating on legislations aimed at providing health care for sick 9/11 first responders.
Omar Audi is a typical nine-year-old, except that he's battling a deadly disease – and soon, he may be forced to do it alone, as his parents face deportation.
A think tank projects that taxpayer-funded contributions to the pension systems for NY's public employees could balloon by billions over the next five years.
A person of interest in New York City's so-called ice pick robberies is awaiting an extradition hearing in New Jersey.
The Yankees turned their attention to Cliff Lee as the winter meetings began, having all but finished negotiations to re-sign Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
Are there untouchable players on the Mets? Are Reyes, Wright, and Beltran automatic "No's" when other teams come calling?
