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New York Senator Charles Schumer says he's trying to get the federal government to prohibit airlines from charging a fee for carry-on baggage.

The city council is proposing to expand the kinds of plastic that can be recycled.

Governor's Island will soon be exclusively under New York City control.

Students and parents rallied alongside staff at the Harlem School of the Arts, calling for a solution to keep the school open. They also bashed the schools' board of directors for keeping them in the dark about the severe financial straits facing the prominent school. 

New York City officials are waiting to find out how much they will need to cut from their budgets in anticipation of a decrease in aid from the state. One thing is clear: police officers will not be layed off.

Doctors say rescue workers have persistent lung damage following the World Trade Center attacks.

FDNY diverts most ambulances away from financially troubled Greenwich Village hospital.

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After spending 18 months in a Virginia federal prison, the man who ruled Newark for more than 20 years is back.

The hospital board will next decide on a timetable for the closure.

New York City officials are kicking off what they say is a long overdue remediation of the Brookfield Avenue Landfill on Staten Island.

Executives from Coke and Pepsi are joining Teamsters and grocery store owners to oppose a proposed New York soda tax.

Subway riders have less than a 50 percent chance of hearing what's going on when their train stops in the tunnel or gets diverted, according to a new study by the advocacy group the Straphangers Campaign. Cate Contino, the coordinator of the group, says that is when announcements are most ...

Four people suffered minor gunshot wounds and dozens of people were arrested early today after a night of what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called "wilding" through Midtown.

The Harlem School of the Arts has been closed since Friday, but there's high hope that the community institution will reopen soon.

The school is not closed for good, according to interim Executive Director John Corwin -- but the faculty and staff have been placed on furlough for the week. ...

The Ford Foundation has launched a 10-year, $100 million dollar initiative intended to create new spaces for the arts. So far, the foundation's Supporting Diverse Art Spaces program has already awarded a $1 million grant to turn an abandoned high school in East Harlem into artist housing and a hub ...

Pope Benedict XVI did not discuss the sex abuse controversy rocking the Catholic Church at yesterday's Easter Mass at the Vatican.

How often do you hear an announcement when your subway train is stopped? A new study shows that New York City subway riders hear in-car announcements explaining delays or diversions less than 50 percent of the time.

Governor Paterson's office says he's among the more than 30 governors to receive letters from an anti-government group demanding he leave office within 3 days, or be removed.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two men on the subway.