Mayor Michael Bloomberg said "there seems to be a lot of evidence" that NYPD officers were allegedly fixing traffic tickets.

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Despite an ongoing budget crisis, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said making the city's air the cleanest of any U.S. city is the legacy he cares most about. The mayor unveiled updates to his environmental master-plan on Thursday as his administration attempts to double down on the greening of the Big Apple.  

Despite the fanfare surrounding the unveiling of Coney Island's Scream Zone Wednesday, the park's opening has been set for Saturday, officials said.

Actor Ryan Phillippe said his unpleasant encounters with paparazzi nearly soured him on taking a role in a film about photographers.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stopped to chat during the Rangers game at MSG Wednesday night during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is turning up the heat on heavy oil pollutants as part of the city's clean-air plan, and said the city wants to phase out the use of polluting heavy oils to heat buildings as part of the first update to the city's four-year old environmental plan.

The former billionaire hedge fund boss at the center of the biggest insider trading trial in U.S. history is being railroaded, according to defense lawyers.

The funeral for the mother who drove her three children to their deaths when she packed them into the family van and plunged it into the icy waters of the Hudson River last week will be held Thursday, a day after what would have been her youngest child's first birthday.

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PHOTOS. The 2011 Tribeca film festival kicked off Wednesday night with a screening of the "The Union," about the collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell. The rain held off and the film was screened outdoors at the World Financial Center followed by a few songs by the star of the film, Sir Elton John.

In closing arguments at the trial of hedge fund trader Raj Rajaratnam, prosecutors reminded the jury of the 45 audio recordings they’d heard throughout the seven-week trial part of extensive wire tapping evidence used to expose what they called the one-time billionaire's "corporate spies."

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said on Wednesday that mayors and governors should use "tough-minded collaboration" instead of hard-nosed confrontation with the teachers unions.

Fuel efficiency is the buzz phrase at the 2011 New York International Auto Show — but the specter of production slowdowns and supply chain disruptions looms large for Japan-based manufacturers struggle in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami last month.

PHOTOS. Coney Island unveiled its first new roller coaster since the iconic Cyclone opened in 1927 on Wednesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that the color-coded terror alert system will be replaced next week by one that features two warnings: imminent and elevated.

A former student at Rutgers University was indicted Wednesday on bias intimidation and other charges after allegedly using a webcam to spy on a same-sex encounter involving his roommate, who committed suicide afterward.

The city Department of Transportation has made it official: putting streetcars in Red Hook, Brooklyn, would cost too much to justify small gains in ridership over the existing B61 bus.

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