Daniel P. Tucker

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and nearby Green-Wood Cemetery are still recovering from Tropical Storm Irene, nearly three weeks after it ripped through Kings County.

The FDNY said nearly half of the applicants for its new exam are minorities as the department continues its efforts to recruit and attract a more diverse force.

Professors at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University are back in the classroom after ratifying a new five-year contract Monday, ending a nearly week-long strike. 

The storm that brought the city to a standstill over the weekend with soaking rains and high winds has the potential to disorient erds of thousands of birds at the peak of their annual August migration.

New York City was largely spared from the wrath of Tropical Storm Irene, but the storm claimed lives in upstate New York and suburbs as residents around the tri-state remained awash in flood waters and hundreds of thousands were without power.

Haitians who were granted temporary protected status by the Department of Homeland Security after the devastating earthquake last year — many of whom live in Flatbush and other Brooklyn neighborhoods — have until Monday, August 22nd to reapply for the designation if they wish to stay in the country until January 2013.

Hundreds of aspiring singers, dancers and actors lined up in Soho overnight to audition for Protagonistas, a new reality TV show that debuts on the Spanish language channel Univision in the fall.

A group of 30 teenage artists from Harlem is telling the story of the neighborhood with a colorful mural dubbed "Magic with Logic."

Each summer, a thousand people – chosen by lottery – get a chance to sleep in city parks as part of the family camping program run by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.