Kathleen Horan

The annual report card of the mayor's administration reflected a city under economic strain. The data shows city services are getting cut back while the city's most vulnerable residents are seeking more aid.

The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a rule change that will allow the widows of cab drivers to lease out their husband's medallion.

Taxi drivers will now be able to reject certain rooftop ads they find questionable, the Taxi and Limousine Commission board ruled Thursday.

Since it debuted two years ago, Taxi TV hasn’t gotten great reviews. But the city is promising more choices that it hopes will boost its popularity this fall.

Congressman-elect Bob Turner was feted at the annual state Republican Party dinner Wednesday night in Midtown Manhattan like a newly crowned prom king. His upset victory in the 9th Congressional District was referred to throughout the night as a wake up call to Democrats.

Former hospital CEO David Rosen has been convicted of a scheme to bribe three New York State lawmakers to assist Medisys, the Health Network that includes Jamaica, Flushing and Brookdale Hospitals.

Many longtime business owners in Coney Island said the wet, unpredictable weather this season resulted in a serious drop in revenue. The storms and evacuations this summer have left businesses scrambling.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a page from President Barack Obama, and suggested a "beer summit" to work out the tensions caused after police officers shoved and handcuffed two black city officials who said they had permission to walk on a blocked off sidewalk during the West Indian American Day Parade.

As the first day of classes for public school students approaches, many parents are out shopping for school supplies. After 5 years of budget cuts in city schools, some have seen the shopping lists grow longer.

More than 3,000 taxi drivers who own a cab but not a medallion are fighting for the right to elect whether they have a rooftop ad — the content of which some say they are embarrassed to be associated with.

More than 2,000 concrete workers have reached a tentative contract agreement.

As the Verizon strike continues into its second week, both sides say negotiations toward a new contract are ongoing — albeit at a sluggish pace.

New York City will once again require middle schools and high schools teach sex education.

Relics from the famed Upper East Side restaurant Elaine's will go up for auction next month and includes hundreds of pieces of artwork and keepsakes that once belonged to owner ...

For more than a decade, many of New York City's prisoners have -- in the name of safety and contraband control -- been required to sport canvas sneakers that have come to be known by a memorable nickname.

In a unanimous ruling, an appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the teacher’s union and other groups that claimed the city misused more than $700 million in state aid between 2007 and 2010 that was supposed to reduce class size.

As contentious debt ceiling negotiations continue between President Obama and Republicans in Washington, D.C., we asked New Yorkers on Wall Street to weigh in on their greatest concerns about the standoff and how it affects their lives.

City leaders are trying to help city parents and young adults get up to speed on how to prevent and combat so-called cyber-bullying.

The man accused of abducting and brutally killing an 8-year-old boy in Borough Park, Brooklyn, this week was "creepy" and kept to himself, according to co-workers and neighbors.

A handful of women's advocacy groups worry that recent high-profile rape cases such as the one involving ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will deter alleged victims from coming forward — even as police say some reported rapes are on the rise.