Parents Say Playground At Brooklyn School Is A Safety Hazard For Children
Some parents in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn said the schoolyard at P.S. 38 has gone from sweet sanctuary to safety hazard.
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Some parents in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn said the schoolyard at P.S. 38 has gone from sweet sanctuary to safety hazard.
Surrounded by a place world famous for free spirits and freak shows, thousands came to Coney Island Tuesday to brave an annual ice cold water craze.
New Yorkers still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy were trying to find a reason to cheer this New Year's Eve.
Friday evening, the Senate approved a $60.4 billion emergency aid for victims of the hurricane that devastated parts of the Tri-State Area by a 63-32 vote. Officials are urging the House to now pass the bill as well.
Sheena Mathew was crossing busy Hillside Avenue at Little Neck Parkway in the middle of the punishing rain Wednesday night before a hit-and-run crash claimed her life.
President Barack Obama was to return to Washington on Thursday after cutting short his Christmas vacation in Hawaii. The Senate will be in session. But so far the House of Representatives has no plans to meet.
The power had been out since superstorm Sandy hit nearly two months ago, but electricity was finally restored on Christmas Eve.
The wheels on New York City school buses could stop going round and round first thing in the New Year.
The pressure was on New York lawmakers this weekend to get federal funds to help cover the billions in damage from Superstorm Sandy, and homeowners have been waiting for help too.
Sen. Chuck Schumer helped secure a $910,000 grant from the federal government to allow the Long Beach Fire Department to reinstate five young firefighters for the next two years.
In Coney Island, some free meals for victims of Superstorm Sandy went untouched. Maybe the area is finally starting to get back to normal. Of the 1,000 hot meals prepared for lunch at Our Lady of Solace Church on Friday, about 600 were served.
Heroes are made, not born -- it's a phrase that certainly seems to apply to one Staten Island Man.
There have been so many stories of fear, bravery and determination following Superstorm Sandy, perhaps none so dramatic as those from several New York City hospitals forced to evacuate in the middle of the storm.
Logic seems to suggest moving belongings to higher ground if the water is rising, but as Superstorm Sandy approached, NJ TRANSIT stored hundreds of train cards in rail yards near sea level.
Some people have already completed their shopping in preparation for cooking that Thanksgiving Day feast, while others will be waiting until the last minute.
LIPA also had a change of heart about the inspection they told residents would have to undergo before they could get power, but the big move was not enough to end the outrage.
Long Island residents were rallying Saturday for fed up power customers to voice their frustration about still being in the dark.
Modified service resumed Thursday morning after trains out of Penn Station were cancelled Wednesday night.
Fuel delivery and distribution problems caused by Sandy have been easing and more gas is on its way into the area, according to the governor.
The resort community of Fire Island was one of the first areas to go under a mandatory evacuation order for Hurricane Sandy Sunday afternoon.
Steinert High School in Hamilton Township, near Trenton, is where students, teachers and staff are all getting a crash course in hardcore hygiene.
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Officer Edward Grimm and Officer Lee Simons got to the vehicle and saw little Arthur Tyminsky with the seat belt wrapped around his neck about eight times
Aeden Wiggins was found a few blocks from his home on Huxley Avenue after being missing for about four hours.
Fifteen trees in the park were butchered with the bark being shaved off, condemning the pin oaks to almost certain death.
In the Hudson Valley, it's that time of year – fall foliage, apple-picking, and of course, stink bugs.
