The percentage of Latina high school students in New York City who attempted suicide once or more in 2009 was much higher than the average for all female students, according to statistics recently released by the Center for Disease Control.

A toddler who was beaten in a Brooklyn foster home was taken off life support on Friday. The 18-month old died of blunt force trauma — and his death was ruled a homicide, the city's medical examiner said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo scored a major victory when he convinced the state legislature to approve a budget that closed a $10 billion dollar gap through cuts to health care and school aid. But some think the spending plan could have negative repercussions for the governor later on.

The Bronx Council on the Arts is getting a new home in what was once a bank.

The troubled Kingsbridge Innovative Design Charter School in the Bronx laid off five teachers last week and some administrators after being put on probation by the New York State Board of Regents.

Tiger blood might be running through Charlie Sheen’s veins, but it is not helping him win over New Yorkers. Many of those who bought tickets for his live show at the Radio City Music Hall this weekend are trying to get rid of them after the production got panned.

Two New York City police officers committed a "repugnant" abuse of authority by raping a woman who was extremely drunk, a prosecutor said during opening remarks in Manhattan court on Monday.

The accused mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks and his alleged co-conspirators will not be tried at a federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan and will instead face a military court at Guantanamo Bay.

The votes are in and the top five finalists in the contest to name the infamous Egyptian cobra that escaped from the Bronx Zoo are...

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has unveiled a multi-pronged approach to addressing housing violations at city buildings.

On the anniversary of his father's assassination, Martin Luther King III urged the city on Monday to pass a controversial wage bill.

A group of family members who lost loved ones on September 11 criticized plans to have thousands of unidentified victim remains placed underground at the museum at the former World Trade Center site.

PHOTOS. It was just warm enough to leave your jacket at home this weekend when the Prospect Park Carousel in Brooklyn opened for the season. A steady flow of people, old and young, lined up for $2 rides on the hand-carved animals.

One of the largest construction companies in the country will cough up nearly $20 million to settle criminal allegations that it defrauded the government — but legal experts say the settlement may strengthen the ability of Skanska USA Civil Northeast, Incorporated to win more public contracts in the future.

The education commissioner overturned the decision to place a city charter school inside the PS 9 building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

This story really has legs. A day after the Bronx Zoo Cobra was found, the critter's phony @BronxZooCobra Twitter account appears to have hacked into "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest's Twitter account.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that he plans to fight electric bill rate hikes now that the feds have approved increases for power generation companies.  

Nasdaq is making a rival bid for the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.

A subsidiary of Skanska — one of the nation's largest construction companies — agreed to pay $19.6 million to settle a criminal investigation into allegations that it worked around minority hiring rules.