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A robbery suspect dubbed the "bouquet bandit" because he held fresh flowers while stealing cash from a bank in Chelsea was arrested today at his home in Brooklyn.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker says he wants to reduce non-union city workers to a four-day work week, starting in late September, to deal with a $150 million budget gap. He's also planning on laying off 350 firefighters and police officers.

When New York City lawmakers put together their $64 billion budget, they were hoping to get $600 million over the next three years from Washington in the form of Federal Medical Assistance Percentages, or, FMAP funding.

David Cameron is in New York today to meet with the heads of JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon, BlackRock and Citadel.

NHL Commissioner Bill Daly has rejected a landmark, seventeen-year, $102 million contract with New Jersey Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk.

The US Attorney’s Office has brokered a $19 million settlement for a piece of art stolen by the Nazis.

Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey are urging Britain's newly-elected Prime Minister, David Cameron, to re-open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Most of the victims of the flight were American.

State and city officials in New York are bracing for the loss of $1.7 billion in federal Medicaid funding, after Congressional Democrats dropped the funding in order to win GOP support for a bill to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans.

State and city officials in New York are bracing for the loss of $1.7 billion in federal Medicaid funding, after Congressional Democrats dropped the funding in order to win GOP support for a bill to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans.

A heated debate developed at Monday night's public hearing of the New York City Charter Revision Commission. The issue: Do open primary elections hurt or help the democratic process?

A verdict is expected Thursday in the manslaughter case stemming from a deadly crane collapse in Midtown two years ago.

Teenagers seeking a deep tan may have to rely on the sun and not the tanning bed from now on.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new plan to "consolidate and modernize back-office operations" may not sound sexy, but it could save the city $500 million by 2014 and $500 million every year after that.

More than three dozen cabbies who overcharged passengers are surrendering their licenses. The Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) says they were among the worst of the drivers who charged double-rate suburban fares within the city limits.

More than three dozen cabbies who overcharged passengers are surrendering their licenses. The Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) says the 37 cabbies were among the worst of the drivers who charged double-rate suburban fares within the city limits. The TLC says those drivers overcharged more than 50 times.

New York gubernatorial candidates Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio released their fundraising records this week.

Gov. David Paterson signed a bill that changes New York City's "Stop-and-Frisk" policy on Friday. The new law does not put an end to the stop-and-frisk practice, but it does prevent the New York City Police Department from keeping data about people who have not committed any crime.

New York Gov. David Paterson signed a bill that changes New York City's "Stop-and-Frisk" policy on Friday. The new law does not put an end to the stop-and-frisk practice, but it does prevent the New York City Police Department from keeping data about people who have not committed any crime.

Goldman Sachs has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges it misled buyers of mortgage-related investments.