Sidney Harman, the stereo pioneer who late in life bought Newsweek and was at its helm during the newsweekly's merger with The Daily Beast, died Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He was 92.

The 10 sets of remains found along a remote Long Island highway are not linked to the deaths of four Atlantic City prostitutes in 2006, a New York police official said Wednesday.

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The Bloomberg Administration decided to delay the start of classes for 540 NYPD recruits that were supposed to start this month. Instead they will combine with the July class that begins in the next fiscal year.

New York is a city of specialists from foodies to academics, laborers to shopkeepers. Every Wednesday, Niche Market will take a peek inside a different specialty store and showcase the city's purists who have made an art out of selling one commodity. Slideshow and video below.

The infections from a relatively new tick-borne parasite in our region are steadily on the rise, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Republicans in the Senate and Assembly are stepping up the pressure on Assembly Democrats to approve Governor Andrew Cuomo’s two-percent, across-the-board property tax cap for schools and local governments.

Despite shrinking payrolls by more than 4,000 last year, a new index still puts city government at the top of a lost of the city's biggest employers.

The man accused of killing four people and wounding four others in a 28-hour stabbing spree pleaded not guilty to murder charges in Brooklyn court on Tuesday.

New York state Senator Carl Kruger pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted $1 million in bribes in a federal corruption case.

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum will be the future home of the space shuttle Enterprise, a prototype shuttle used for tests that never went into space.

State Education Commissioner David Steiner named a ten-member panel Tuesday to consider whether to give Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott the waiver he needs to serve as New York City Schools Chancellor following Cathie Black's resignation last Thursday.

Katie Couric, saying she's uncertain of her future plans, refused to confirm reports that she is leaving the CBS "Evening News" during an interview with WNYC's Leonard Lopate on Tuesday.

In the first three months of 2011, city sanitation workers awarded $100 fines to 4,345 property owners for not complying with a new law that took effect this year requiring homeowners to put mattresses in plastic bags before placing them on the curb for pick-up.

Jurors heard recordings of what prosecutors claim are one of two New York City police officers accused of raping an intoxicated woman making a false call to 911 so they could be sent back to her East Village block.

The two jets that were involved in a minor collision on the runway at John F. Kennedy Airport last night will be inspected to determine the extent of their damage, officials said.

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The 109-year old Willis Avenue bridge drifted down the East River early Tuesday morning as it headed for Jersey City. It was replaced last July as part of a $612 million project.

PHOTOS. WNYC began visiting the World Trade Center site in April 2010 and continues to document the construction of One World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial, the transportation hub and the people working on the site.