Arun Venugopal

The fallen maple had become something of a pilgrimage point. Locals from the surrounding streets of Jackson Heights stood around the uprooted trunk, pulling out their phones to take snaps, even making their kids pose for pictures. 

Ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the past months have been "a nightmare" for him and his family and that they're looking forwarding to returning home.

Thirteen days into a strike, 45,000 Verizon workers agreed to return to work as union officials and management said they had a better sense of how to proceed with negotiations.

Thirty-four post offices in New York City are among those that could face closure under a new plan by the U.S. Postal Service to monitor 3,653 post offices nationwide to decide if they should be shuttered.

Verizon and picketing workers are accusing each other of not bargaining in good faith, as a strike enters its second week.

The number of same-sex couples who call New Jersey home increased significantly over the last 10 years, according to the latest census figures.

The Bloomberg administration formally challenged the Census Bureau's population count for the city, five months after claiming an undercount had occurred.

Thousands of area Verizon workers went on strike on Saturday night as contract negotiations broke down. They are part of a total of 45,000 Verizon workers now on strike across the country.

Rep. Peter King conducted the third in his series of hearings examining radicalization in the Muslim American community, this one focusing on the recruitment of Somali-American youth by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. But the hearing frequently went off-track, with Democrats using the occasion to attack the very premise of the hearing and King pushing back against criticism from the media in recent days, namely The New York Times.

The Oslo gunman who killed scores this week to protest what he claimed was the “Islamization” of Europe counted two vocal critics of the Islamic Cultural Center planned near Ground Zero among his anti-Muslim influences.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples across the five boroughs took the plunge Sunday, becoming the first people to take advantage of the state's new law, allowing same-sex marriage. We spent time with a few pairs of newlyweds in the Bronx.

News Corp. shares declined Monday as fallout from the phone hacking scandal continued to dog the Rupert Murdoch-owned media conglomerate. 

New York City recorded a 27 percent increase in the number of same-sex couples over the last ten years, according to the latest data from the 2010 Census.

The 2010 Census showed that the African American population dropped in New York City by two percent. WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal discusses the migration of blacks from New York City to Southern locales.

Opponents of same-sex marriage who saw the legislation signed into law over the weekend are worried the religious exemptions that allow groups to opt out of holding gay weddings aren't extensive enough.

Much of the city's black population has moved south, including one group of former New Yorkers who now make their home in what's sometimes called the New South.

Dozens of supporters of same-sex marriage rallied at the LGBT Community Center, in the West Village, this weekend in hopes that legislation — which stalled in Albany  — will be passed this week.

Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner's confession that he had lewd online relationships and the media frenzy that ensued does not mean the end of the Congressman's political career — as long as he takes the proper steps, political consultants said.

A day after embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed he made a mistake when he sent lewd photos to women over Twitter, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi formally requested a House ethics panel probe of the Congressman Tuesday to investigate whether he violated House rules.

Roll Call staff writer David Drucker and WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal discuss Congressman Anthony Weiner's confession regarding his online sexual behavior and also addresses recent  news from Capitol Hill.

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