Long Island Bus may put the brakes on 27 of their 48 lines this summer.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he supports Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to expedite a new teacher evaluation system but it won't factor into layoffs since it wouldn't take effect before September. "It simply kicks the can down the road," Bloomberg said.

Kenneth Starr, financial adviser to the stars, faced sentencing in Manhattan federal court Wednesday for a multimillion dollar investment scheme.

A man allegedly stabbed his wife, before killing himself and their daughter then intentionally setting his Bronx apartment on fire to cover up the crime, police said.

A man arrested in a deadly police shootout last summer was cleared of any criminal charge in the melee that occurred after a Harlem block party.

The annual Feast of San Gennaro that shuts down Mulberry Street in Little Italy for 11 days will continue despite complaints from businesses that the festival brings unwelcomed noise, crowds and smells.

Riders on Metro North Railroad's New Haven Line will get their regular service back on Monday -- much sooner than expected. The MTA cut the line's schedule by 10 percent in early February after winter storms disabled its old cars faster than repairs could be made. A return to full service wasn't expected until spring, with the arrival of new train cars.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is accusing Senate Republicans of "derailing" redistricting reform, and breaking a pledge they made to the ex-mayor’s reform group during the most recent election campaign.

Consumer advocates and trial attorneys said a state proposal to cap malpractice awards takes away a key protection for patients – and wouldn’t save the state budget any money.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, speaking a month before the state budget is due, said the likelihood of retaining the so-called millionaires tax in New York was "poor" as support  for the temporary income surcharge appeared to wane.

The state Senate narrowly approved a bill that would end the law requiring new teachers to be the first to go during layoffs, but its fate in the state Assembly is less certain.

PHOTOS. 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. 

MTA Chairman Jay Walder faced repeated questions at a hearing in Albany Monday from suburban legislators about a payroll tax that the state legislature approved in 2009 to bail out the agency. The tax applies to businesses in the 12 counties the MTA serves.

The flag of Brooklyn flew at half mast Monday to commemorate the death of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Duke Snider, who died Sunday. He was 84.

Unions representing city teachers and principals claimed the mayor is bluffing when he says he plans to lay off more than 4,600 teachers.

Tenants at a Lower East Side public housing development say the city's housing authority is pressuring them to give up their larger apartments for smaller ones that fit their family size.  Many of the tenants are senior citizens who've lived in their current home decades.

Wind gusts of up to 25 mph are battering the city and causing delays at area airports and the FAA has activated a traffic management program, which limits the number of flights into local airports.

The Panel for Educational Policy has decided to spare one Brooklyn school from being phased out, but will vote on proposals to phase-out another struggling schools in Queens Tuesday night.

During a break in the morning's rain, these three Italians did a slow-motion, choreographed walk around Union Square in honor of what they say is the "Global Day of slow living."