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After months of barely-concealed conflict, the Obama administration and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman say they will work closely together to investigate the role of big banks in causing the mortgage crisis.

The state-sponsored not-for-profit that runs the Belmont, Aqueduct, and Saratoga racetracks is taking risks with its own financial future, according to a report by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Regulators are seeking to fine a gas driller in Pennsylvania for water quality violations in New York.

Developer Larry Silverstein is facing a major problem in his quest to build an office tower at the former site of the World Trade Center: if he can't attract a major tenant for the building known as Tower 3, he can't build the 80-story skyscraper he envisions, and the edifice may instead be capped at seven stories.

New York's plants and trees, like the city's human beings, are being forced to adapt to the winter's mood swings. First there was weeks of unusually warm weather. Now the air is freezing and a snowstorm is on the way.

Some of the biggest U.S. banks are reportedly close to a settlement with authorities over practices related to the so-called robo-signing scandal, in which servicers sought to evict troubled borrowers using seriously flawed documentation. But there could be a snag: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Internet freedom activists rallied outside the Third Avenue offices of Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, calling on them to drop their support for controversial legislation aimed at curtailing online piracy.

Last year was the strongest year for commercial real estate leasing in New York in more than a decade, according to a new report by Cushman & Wakefield.

WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly and Ilya Marritz discuss the Mayor's State of the City address.

The trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global told account holders on Thursday they have just a few more weeks left to register claims against the stock and commodities broker once led by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine.

State officials must now have to sift through tens of thousands of comments on New York’s plans for regulation of high volume hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking with the closure of public comment period on Thursday.

Wednesday is the last day members of the public can submit comments on the New York's plans to regulate the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing to build the nation’s largest convention center at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. He hasn’t shared many details of the plan, but one thing is clear: the governor’s choice to build the complex is a little-known Asian conglomerate with big ambitions.

Governor Andrew Cuomo grabbed headlines during his State of the State address Wednesday when he proposed a massive convention center at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. WNYC spoke with an expert on the economics of convention centers about the proposal.

Environmental regulators outlined the options for cleaning up Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal on Tuesday, and now they want the public's feedback.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg sidestepped a growing controversy over his police department's surveillance of Muslims at an interfaith breakfast Friday, avoiding any remarks on the subject. 

New Yorkers already live longer than other Americans, and new stats from City Hall show life expectancy in the city is improving faster than the nation as a whole.

New York City is recovering jobs much faster than the rest of the nation, according to a new analysis of data.

2011 is shaping up to be a fairly good year for job creation in New York City.

An analysis of government data shows the five boroughs added 49,000 jobs in the first 11 months of 2011,  - almost double the number added in 2010. What's more, the pace of New York's recovery is much faster than that of the nation. The city has recovered about 60% of the jobs lost in the Great Recession, versus just 30% recovered across the United States.

The city will have a considerably stronger economy in the years ahead than Mayor Michael Bloomberg has predicted, according to a report released Thursday by the Independent Budget Office.