Homelessness among female veterans is on the rise in the United States, even as the overall rate of homelessness among veterans is going down.

In Seaside Heights, boardwalk attractions Jimbo's bar, are open and ready for Memorial Day.

Thousands marched through the streets of the West Village Monday evening to denounce the murder of Mark Carson, who police say was shot and killed because of his sexual orientation.

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he is taking new steps to prevent sexual harassment in the legislature, after coming under fire for his handling of complaints against former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who resigned Monday.

Lawyers have completed closing arguments in a federal case challenging the way the NYPD has been conducting the practice of stop and frisk.

The New York City public housing agency is taking cues from how residents behaved after Sandy in order to survive the next storm better.

The last of New York City’s hospitals devastated by Sandy has fully reopened after six months of repairs.

The trial that has put the NYPD's stop and frisk tactic under a microscope is wrapping up on Monday with closing arguments.

While the equipment looks like it’s from another time, plant owner Entergy Corporation says Indian Point is vital for modern day New York.

US Attorney Preet Bharara has some advice for the next generation of lawyers entering the working world. He told an audience of Fordham Law School graduates on Sunday, there's plenty of crime for them to fight.

“A Gay Man Was Brutally Murdered Here…” reads a red sign propped up against the door of an out-of-business Barnes and Noble on Eighth Street and Sixth Avenue. It’s surrounded by candles and flowers and two photos of 32-year-old Mark Carson who was shot in the face early Saturday morning in what police are calling a suspected hate crime.

New York Assemblyman Vito Lopez will retain an annual pension of $64,634.28 after his resignation takes effect Monday at 9am, according to the Office of State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

There are thousands of artists is New York City. Some are famous internationally, while others are scratching out a living while perfecting their craft in basements or on stage. WNYC is bringing a few of them to the spotlight, in their own voices.

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, with about 60 people taken to the hospital, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities.

VIDEO. The latest on Stephen Drimalas, the Staten Islander in Ocean Breeze whose ups and downs we've been following since Sandy swamped his home, nearly drove him from New York, and left him wondering about his future.

Alcoholism, bulimia, and Al D'Amato find their way into the mayor's race this week...as Anthony Weiner shows up in Park Slope to film a campaign commercial.   The elbowing for momentum is on, in earnest.  Andrea Bernstein, Brigid Bergin, and Anna Sale break down this week in politics.

The power has been out in parts of Manhattan's Hudson River Park since Sandy. But businesses on Pier 45 in the West Village and Pier 84 at West 44th Street will finally have electricity by the end of the day Friday.

Facing expulsion, the once-powerful Brooklyn Democrat Vito Lopez said Saturday he'd resign Monday, at 9 am.  Word, which came in a rare Saturday press release from Sheldon Silver, came only after Silver himself faced increasing pressure to step down from his leadership post.

A 21-year-old Hofstra junior and a masked robber were shot dead Friday morning in what authorities described as a police-involved shooting.