When the final numbers are in, Bloomberg's campaign spending should match the record he set in 2001. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

Speaking at a forum at the Milano School for Public Affairs, senior Bloomberg aide Bill Cunningham said the next filing will show the campaign spent "about as much money ...

Seven weeks after a devastating earthquake hit South Asia, Senator Hillary Clinton says she is bewildered by the lack of response from people in the West. The senator, attending a fundraiser last night at the Asia Society, said donor fatigue and the absence of any Western tourists in the region ...

The New Jersey Clean Elections Commission will hold hearings on why a pilot program to publicly finance Assembly races failed. WNYC 's Bob Hennelly has more.

Campaign finance reformers cheered when the "Clean Elections" pilot program was put into place last year. It meant that New Jersey might soon join Maine ...

The 51-member City Council will pick its speaker soon. That post is said to be the second most powerful post in City government, next only to the Mayor. The Speakers presides over the city's legislative body that is central to the formulation of New York's $50 billion annual budget and ...

The New York Civil Liberties Union has asked a judge to stop the NYPD from videotaping political demonstrations. WNYC's Kathryn Herzog reports.

The civil rights group said in court papers filed Monday that police have adopted new interrpretations of the Handshu guidelines. The decree stems from a 1971 lawsuit brought by ...

A new study by a city planning think tank finds that New York's rapid growth is leaving many poor families behind. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

The Pratt Center for Community Development report says for the first time in modern history, housing construction in each of the four boroughs surpassed that ...

New Jersey-based drugmaker Merck said this morning that it will cut about 7,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its work force, by the end of 2008 and will close or sell five of its 31 manufacturing plants in moves that it says will save up to $4 billion.

The move comes ...

Before you sit down for a plate full of food this afternoon, consider this: more than three million adult New Yorkers are overweight or obese. The City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene finds that people start having weight problems at a young age.

Nearly half of elementary school children from ...

Now that Mayor Bloomberg’s been re-elected for a second and final term, his administration can once again focus on an issue that was placed on the back burner during the campaign: garbage.

REPORTER: The city council is considering Bloomberg’s 20-year plan to retool four city-owned waterfront waste transfer stations, use them ...

Later this week, Governor Pataki will decide whether to apply for a Medicaid program that helps the poor get healthcare.

New York is the only state that lets community groups and HMO's fill out the paperwork for Medicaid applicants. The procedure, called "facilitated enrollment," has helped hundreds of thousands of people ...

Decades of development and pollution have taken their toll on the wetlands known as Jamaica Bay National Park. The tidal flats once were part of Brooklyn and Queens, but have been reduced to a narrow strip of marshy shore along the eastern coast. Now there's concern that erosion has left ...

The cold didn't stop large crowds from lining the streets of Manhattan yesterday for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. But the strong winds which caused organizers to consider grounding the balloons led to two people being injured. WNYC's Kathryn Herzog reports.

The accident happened near the end of the parade in ...

Two Queens city councilmen are accusing developers of using scare tactics to to get residents to sell their homes. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

Reporter: The councilmembers say downzonings - intended to preserve neighborhoods threatened by over building - have made developers desperate for land. In Holliswood Queens, 6,000 residents received letters ...

A convicted child molester was released yesterday from Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a maximum security facility on Wards Island, then immediately sent back to state prison.

Robert Warren, 42, was ordered jailed after parole officials learned he was planning to move back upstate to rural Saint Lawrence County in "close proximity" ...

Federal immigration authorities in New York have processed 24 percent more citizenship and residency applications this year than they did last year. But there still working through a big backlog. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

Reporter: If you apply for permanent residency or citizenship you still have to wait up to 3 ...

Thanksgiving Day is a federal, state and local holiday in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. There is no mail delivery and post offices are closed.

There is no garbage collection or recycling pickup in New York City, and no street cleaning.

New York City subways and buses, Staten Island ferries, the ...

When you hear city officials say mass transit is the fastest way to travel around this holiday season, you'll know you can do it even cheaper. Starting today you can save money by using a special holiday MetroCard. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Reporter: The special card, that was available for purchase ...

New York City will get $125 million dollars in post-911 funding that the Bush Administration had proposed cutting. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

Reporter: House Speaker Dennis Hastert sent Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella a letter yesterday promising to restore the money, as part of a bill on emergency funds for ...

Following two recent deaths, the city's Administration for Children's Services is promising to be more careful about reuniting foster children with their biological parents. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

Reporter: ACS is investigating the accidental drowning of of one year old Daquay Gillian and the alleged murder of 7 year old Sierra ...