Staten Island Resident: Devastation From Sandy Turned Into 'Loss Of The American Dream'
Pedro Correa has been living in a rental but said he really can't start over unless or until the government buys him out.
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Pedro Correa has been living in a rental but said he really can't start over unless or until the government buys him out.
The elaborate scheme involved improving fake cardholders' credit scores, allowing the scammers to borrow more money that they never repaid, investigators said.
Bagpipes played Monday as the casket of late former Mayor Ed Koch was carried out of Temple Emanu-El on the shoulders of NYPD pall-bearers and and was followed by mourners both connected and common.
The Rev. Al Sharpton was one of Mayor Ed Koch's loudest critics, but was remembering the mayor fondly upon his death Friday.
Spokesman George Arzt said Koch died at 2 a.m. at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital of congestive heart failure. The funeral will be Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.
Business and tourism groups in New York City hope to benefit from an expected massive increase in street traffic in the days leading up to next year's Super Bowl.
After an inside look at the Obama administration, a former local official had some thoughts on the president's second term.
The struggling Jersey Shore town of Sea Bright has turned to Harvard University for help in its rebuilding.
The comeback in Sea Bright, N.J. has been progressing slowly, with very few businesses having reopened since Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore.
There have been six subway deaths already in 2013. The circumstances in the incidents vary, but Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said the rash of death on the tracks deserves a closer look.
Chris Wood's restaurant, right off the beach, took on four and a half feet of water, but he considers himself lucky.
Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long said just 300 of the town's 1,500 year-round residents have moved back into their homes.
That included a watch party at the Harlem Armory, where applause erupted following the ceremonial swearing-in.
The space shuttle Enterprise is on its way to being open to the public.
The incident happened Thursday at the P.S. 215Q campus at Wave Preparatory Academy in Far Rockaway, the Department of Education said.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's office is also preparing a training video for school officials on how to handle an active shooter situation. There are 318 public school buildings in Bergen County.
The Assembly voted in favor of the bill 104-43. The bill was passed by the Senate 43-18 late Monday. It was immediately was brought to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed it into law.
The New York State Legislature was poised Tuesday to pass the first gun control measure following the Newtown school massacre. This as the vice president was set to unveil federal proposals to end gun violence later in the day.
Bloomberg is urging President Barack Obama and Congress to increase background check requirements for firearms purchases.
The governor admitted he's a gun owner himself and said he doesn't want to stop hunters and others from owning weapons, but Cuomo tried to shame the Legislature into action with a passionate speech on gun violence.
Construction of the new boardwalk is kicking off Wednesday morning and the town is pulling out all the stops to get the project done by Memorial Day.
A group of Sept. 11 families is pressing on with its fight over a plan to put unidentified remains from the 2001 attacks in the museum at the World Trade Center site.
Christie called Sandy "an act of God that delivered a natural, human, and financial disaster" but said "Make no mistake. New Jersey's spirit has never been stronger. Our resolve never more firm. Our unity never more obvious."
Eco Building Products CEO Steve Conboy said he is footing the bill for the new home to help Kim Leib get back on her feet, but also to show off his company's products.
Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union is furious over the details of a new plan by the city to put contracts with private bus companies up for bid.
