Janet Babin

Construction continues on the developer Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Disruption is worse at night, especially for Prospect Heights residents. That’s when work crews spill onto Flatbush Avenue and snarl traffic. The work is testing some residents' patience.

A new ballet company, directed by two principal dancers of two major companies, made its debut Monday night at the Joyce Theater. WQXR's Janet Babin reports.

Regulators still can't find millions of customer funds missing at brokerage house MF Global, which filed for bankruptcy last month, but a rule change might give other brokerage houses...

The holidays sales season officially gets underway around Thanksgiving. But for Macy's, it's almost like Christmas came early. The retailer posted strong third quarter results.

Occupy Wall Street protesters say they represent the 99 percent of the population that’s not wealthy. It’s a big percentage, and includes all kinds of people and income levels. But while Occupy Wall Street may have sparked a global protest, the message has failed to resonate in some of New York’s poorest communities.

Jon Bon Jovi's "pay-what-you-can" charity restaurant, Soul Kitchen, in Red Bank, New Jersey, opened for business on Tuesday. Diners pay what they can, and if they have no money, the...

New York City's rental market remained tight in the third quarter. Figures analyzed by Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers found that rents rose when consessions, like free gym memberships or one month free rent, were taken into account.

The State Comptroller's office says budget targets for New York City and New York state will likely fall short this year. The reason is a drop in Wall Street revenues.

Fall is officially underway, and that means cold weather is inevitable.  With the cooler air, come struggles between landlords and tenants about heat.

New York City and the State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have sued Bank of New York Mellon for fraud.

The court-appointed trustee working towards recovering funds for the people who invested money with Bernard Madoff is expected back in court Monday.

A new food journal came online on the first day of autumn, but it doesn't necessarily focus on food.

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New York City Ballet’s fall season opened to a sellout crowd last night, with the world premiere of Ocean’s Kingdom. Former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, wrote the original orchestral score, his first for a ballet. His daughter, acclaimed clothing designer Stella McCartney created the costumes. New York City Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins choreographed the work on City Ballet principal dancers Sara Mearns and Robert Fairchild.

There will be no new high rises in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn since the City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to change the neighborhood's zoning to what's called contextual.

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New York City Council votes today on whether the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn should get rezoned.

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The Federal Reserve holds its Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday and Wednesday. One of the goals, in line with the Federal Reserve’s mandate, will be to jumpstart the economy at a time when the recovery seems stalled.

Three authors group and eight authors are suing some universities to stop the creation of on libraries comprised of as many as seven million copyright-protected books.

Hundreds of Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus professors head to the streets Wednesday morning for a strike against the university.

The NYPD has dropped an appeal that would have prevented the New York Civil Liberties Union from getting access to internal reports on police shootings, an NYCLU spokesman said.

A new report out Wednesday examined how the more than $20 billion of federal money intended to help lower Manhattan after the September 11 attacks was actually spent.